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licentiate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /laɪˈsɛnʃiət/

Etymology

Late Latin licentiātus, from licentiō (“to allow to do something”).

Meanings

1. A person who holds the academic degree of license.
2. One who has a licence to exercise a profession.
   • a licentiate in medicine or theology
   • 1779–81, Samuel Johnson, "Samuel Garth" in Lives of the Most Eminent English Poet The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighbouring poor.
3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty.
   • a Licentiate of Paris takes upon him to defend 1640, Bishop Hall, Christian Moderation:

Forms

Deriveds

nonlicentiate · licentiateship

Translations (7)

fr licenciée (person who holds the academic degree of license) · fi lisensiaatti (person who holds the academic degree of license) · fr licencié (person who holds the academic degree of license) · cmn 秀才 (person who holds the academic degree of license) · fr diplomée (person who holds the academic degree of license) · fr diplomé (person who holds the academic degree of license) · io licenciero (person who holds the academic degree of license)