licentiate

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

/ laɪˈsɛn ʃi ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

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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.

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Origin of licentiate

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

OTHER WORDS FROM licentiate

li·cen·ti·ate·ship, nounli·cen·ti·a·tion, nounnon·li·cen·ti·ate, nounpost·li·cen·ti·ate, adjective

Words nearby licentiate

licensed vocational nurse, licensee, license plate, licensor, licensure, licentiate, licentious, licentiousness, licet, lich, lichee

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How to use licentiate in a sentence

If they had only been able to learn from the licentiate Alcaraz, who was experienced and very prudent!
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
He himself, seeing the door opened by Licentiate Legaspi in the case of the other woman, conducted the cause.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
The licentiate Alvares de Caravajal was alcalde mayor from 1554 to 1558.
The Maya Chronicles|Various
In the departments of medicine and jurisprudence there are three degrees; those of Bachelor, Licentiate, and Doctor.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi

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

British Dictionary definitions for licentiate

licentiate

/ (laɪˈsɛnʃɪɪt) /

noun

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

mainly Presbyterian Church a person holding a licence to preach

Derived forms of licentiate

licentiateship, nounlicentiation, noun

Word Origin for licentiate

C15: from Medieval Latin licentiātus, from licentiāre to permit

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licentiate

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