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licentiate

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

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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.

licentiate

/ laɪˈsɛnʃɪɪt /

a person who has received a formal attestation of professional competence to practise a certain profession or teach a certain skill or subject
a degree between that of bachelor and doctor awarded now only by certain chiefly European universities
a person who holds this degree
Presbyterian Church a person holding a licence to preach

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

C15: from Medieval Latin licentiātus, from licentiāre to permit

If they had only been able to learn from the licentiate Alcaraz, who was experienced and very prudent!

He himself, seeing the door opened by Licentiate Legaspi in the case of the other woman, conducted the cause.

The licentiate Alvares de Caravajal was alcalde mayor from 1554 to 1558.

In the departments of medicine and jurisprudence there are three degrees; those of Bachelor, Licentiate, and Doctor.

Orso infinitely preferred discussing this question of physics to arguing with the licentiate as to the morality of his action.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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