licentiate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪˈsɛnʃiət/

Noun

licentiate (plural licentiates)

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. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.

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4. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty.
   • 1640, Bishop Hall, Christian Moderation

     a Licentiate of Paris takes upon him to defend

Translations

person who holds the academic degree of license

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 秀才 (zh) (xiùcái)

• Finnish: lisensiaatti (fi)
• French: diplomé m, diplomée f
• Ido: licenciero (io)

Latin

Participle

licentiāte

1. vocative masculine singular of licentiātus