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licentiate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Licentiate \Li*cen"ti*ate\ (l[-i]*s[e^]n"sh[i^]*[asl]t or -sh[asl]t; 106), n. [LL. licentiatus fr licentiare to allow to do anything fr L. licentia license. See {License}, n.] 1. One who has a license to exercise a profession; as a licentiate in medicine or theology. The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor. --Johnson. 2. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 4. On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Licentiate \Li*cen"ti*ate\ (-sh[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. To give a license to [Obs.] --L'Estrange. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: licentiate n : holds a license (degree) from a (European) university
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