licentiate
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Late Latin licentiātus, from licentiō (“to allow to do something”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]licentiate (plural licentiates)
- A person who holds the academic degree of license.
- 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.
- One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty.
- 1640, Bishop Hall, Christian Moderation:
- a Licentiate of Paris takes upon him to defend
Translations
[edit]person who holds the academic degree of license
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Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]licentiāte