Licentiate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Licentiate \Li*cen"ti*ate\ (-sh[i^]*[=a]t), v. t.
     To give a license to. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
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              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.
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     2. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant
        absolution in all places, independently of the local
        clergy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if
        having a license therefor. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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     4. On the continent of Europe, a university degree
        intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  licentiate
       n : holds a license (degree) from a (European) university