licentiate
Use Licentiate in a sentence
ʃi noun
1.
a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
2.
the holder of a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor, now confined chiefly to certain continental European universities.
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licentiate (laɪˈsɛnʃɪɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who has received a formal attestation of professional competence to practise a certain profession or teach a certain skill or subject |
| 2. | a degree between that of bachelor and doctor awarded now only by certain chiefly European universities |
| 3. | a person who holds this degree |
| 4. | chiefly Presbyterian Church a person holding a licence to preach |
| [C15: from Medieval Latin licentiātus, from licentiāre to permit] | |
| li'centiateship | |
| —n | |
| licenti'ation | |
| —n | |
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Licentiate
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