licentiate
Americannoun
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a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
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the holder of a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor, now confined chiefly to certain continental European universities.
noun
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a person who has received a formal attestation of professional competence to practise a certain profession or teach a certain skill or subject
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a degree between that of bachelor and doctor awarded now only by certain chiefly European universities
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a person who holds this degree
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Presbyterian Church a person holding a licence to preach
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Etymology
Origin of licentiate
1350–1400; < Medieval Latin licentiātus, noun use of past participle of licentiāre to authorize. See license, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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She became a student in the University of Paris where she attained the degrees of licentiate in physics in 1893 and licentiate in mathematics in 1894.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 28, 2011
The future archbishop earned a licentiate in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome and a doctorate in canon law from Catholic University of America before being ordained in 1939.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2011
William Miller, Baptist licentiate, began to preach in 1831 of the Second Advent of The Christ.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a year and a half off to become a licentiate in canon law, he stayed on in Africa for twelve years.
From Time Magazine Archive
These were beyond doubt the reasons why the committee preferred me to the other candidates; and the sole condition imposed upon me—namely, that of becoming a licentiate, I complied with within the appointed time.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various
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