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De - Pt| English Dictionary: licentiate | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for licentiate | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Licentiate \Li*cen"ti*ate\ (l[isl]*s[ecr]n"sh[icr]*[asl]t [or] -sh[asl]t; 106), n. [LL. licentiatus, fr. licentiare to allow to do anything, fr. L. licentia license. See {License}, n.] 1. One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology. The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor. --Johnson. 2. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 4. On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Licentiate \Li*cen"ti*ate\ (-sh[icr]*[amac]t), v. t. To give a license to. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. | |
