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licentiate

[lahy-sen-shee-it, -eyt]

noun

a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.

the holder of a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor, now confined chiefly to certain continental European universities.

Origin:
1350–1400; < Medieval Latin licentiātus, noun use of past participle of licentiāre to authorize. See license, -ate¹

Related forms

li·cen·ti·ate·ship, noun

li·cen·ti·a·tion, noun

non·li·cen·ti·ate, noun

post·li·cen·ti·ate, adjective

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licentiate (laɪˈsɛnʃɪɪt)

—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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