licentiate

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

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.

licentiate

/ laɪˈsɛnʃɪɪt /

noun

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. Presbyterian Church a person holding a licence to preach

Derived Forms

• liˈcentiateˌship, noun
• liˌcentiˈation, noun

Other Words From

• li·centi·ate·ship noun
• li·centi·ation noun
• nonli·centi·ate noun
• postli·centi·ate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of licentiate¹

1350–1400; < Medieval Latin licentiātus, noun use of past participle of licentiāre to authorize. See license, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of licentiate¹

C15: from Medieval Latin licentiātus, from licentiāre to permit

Example Sentences

He was ordained in 1982, and earned a licentiate in sacred theology in 1987 and a doctorate in theology in 1991, both from Catholic University.

From Washington Times

Education Epsom College; Guy's hospital and University of Southampton; PhD Disability and equality: a new approach; MSc rehabilitation studies; licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons. 2012-present: chief executive, Capita Personal Independence Payments covering Wales, West and East Midlands, and Northern Ireland; 2009-12: various director-level positions, Serco, welfare to work, and other public sector markets; 1989-2009: founder and director, Disability Matters global consultancy.

From The Guardian

Still more significant is the case, in 1484, of Jean Laillier, a priest in Paris, a theological licentiate, and an applicant for the doctorate in theology.

From Project Gutenberg

In a document of 1423 the person filling this position is not a Dominican, but is qualified as a licentiate in law; and doubtless such a functionary was a useful and usual member of the tribunal, though with no precise official status.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1824 he joined the philosophical faculty of Berlin as a Privatdozent, and in 1825 he became a licentiate in theology, his theses being remarkable for their evangelical fervour and for their emphatic protest against every form of “rationalism,” especially in questions of Old Testament criticism.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• alum
• alumna
• alumnus
• doctor
• grad
• recipient