licentiat

Middle English

Noun

licentiat (plural licentiats)

1. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 218-220:

     [...] For he had power of confessioun,
     As seyde him-self, more than a curat,
     For of his ordre he was licentiat.

     [...] For he had power of confession,
     As he said himself, more than a parish priest,
     For he was licensed by his order.

Swedish

Noun

licentiat c

1. a licentiate (a person holding this academic degree)

Declension

Declension of licentiat

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	licentiat	licentiats
	definite	licentiaten	licentiatens
plural	indefinite	licentiater	licentiaters
	definite	licentiaterna	licentiaternas