licentiat

Swedish

Noun

licentiat c

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

Declension

Declension of licentiat
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	licentiat	licentiaten	licentiater	licentiaterna
Genitive	licentiats	licentiatens	licentiaters	licentiaternas

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.