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

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.

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To increase their emoluments, they granted as many honorary distinctions as they could in decency devise, and introduced the categories of bachelors, licentiates, masters, graduates, and non-graduates of surgery.

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He became a licentiate of the College of Physicians on the 30th of September 1756.

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Eight years after the organization of the African Methodist Episcopal Church the membership easily reached 9,888, including 14 elders, 26 deacons, and 101 licentiates, itinerant and local.

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Young licentiates in the older professions all have to pass through a starving time.

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Related Words

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