Definition of licentiate in English:
licentiate
noun lʌɪˈsɛnʃɪətlaɪˈsɛnʃ(i)ɪt
1The holder of a certificate of competence to practise a particular profession.
licentiates in ‘Aerial Survey Photography and Photogrammetry’
as modifier a licentiate member
Example sentencesExamples
- She is MTNA nationally certified in piano and music theory and earned the licentiate in piano teaching from The Royal Schools of Music.
- 1.1 (in certain universities, especially abroad) a degree between that of bachelor and master or doctor.
he took the Durham University licentiate in theology
Example sentencesExamples
- He was compelled to study philosophy and theology by his parents, which he greatly resented, and he graduated from the University of Basel with a master's degree in philosophy in 1671 and a licentiate in theology in 1676.
- He was educated in Paris at the École Normale Supérieure and he received his licentiate with a thesis.
- In 1984 he moved to Canada, where he did a masters in divinity and licentiate in moral theology at the University of Toronto.
- After getting her licentiate degree in literature, she studied theology at Northern Baptist Seminary in Chicago.
- Eventually, I graduated from the Conservatory in Havana; I won a Canada Council Grant to go to school at the University of Toronto, where I graduated with artist and licentiate diplomas.
- 1.2 The holder of a licentiate degree.
he was a licentiate in law of Hanoi University
Example sentencesExamples
- He is an accomplished pianist and a licentiate of the Royal School of Music.
- In addition, there is a cadre of medical professionals called medical licentiates who are basically clinical officers who have taken further training so that they can help doctors though the training does not turn them into doctors.
2A licensed preacher not yet having an appointment, especially in a Presbyterian Church.
Example sentencesExamples
- Jude, who had been planning to enter the priesthood as a licentiate, as a substitute for his thwarted intellectual ambitions, is now doubly defeated.
Derivatives
noun
Other types of licentiateships will be considered if the applicant has the required skills within his/her particular field.
Example sentencesExamples
- She went to Paris in 1891 for further studies and obtained licentiateships in physics and mathematical sciences.
- Regulations of The Institute require that candidates for the licentiateship should ultimately be tested on the submission of an approved thesis or research dissertation.
- I may be eligible for three of the licentiateships available under the City and Guilds criteria but it sounds too good to be true.
- It also organises an annual public exhibition of members’ work and awards licentiateships, associateships and fellowships.
Origin
Late 15th century: from medieval Latin, noun use of licentiatus 'having freedom', based on licentia 'freedom'.
Definition of licentiate in US English:
licentiate
nounlīˈsenSH(ē)itlaɪˈsɛnʃ(i)ɪt
1The holder of a certificate of competence to practice a certain profession.
Example sentencesExamples
- She is MTNA nationally certified in piano and music theory and earned the licentiate in piano teaching from The Royal Schools of Music.
- 1.1 (in certain universities, especially in Europe) a degree between that of bachelor and master or doctor.
Example sentencesExamples
- He was compelled to study philosophy and theology by his parents, which he greatly resented, and he graduated from the University of Basel with a master's degree in philosophy in 1671 and a licentiate in theology in 1676.
- In 1984 he moved to Canada, where he did a masters in divinity and licentiate in moral theology at the University of Toronto.
- After getting her licentiate degree in literature, she studied theology at Northern Baptist Seminary in Chicago.
- He was educated in Paris at the École Normale Supérieure and he received his licentiate with a thesis.
- Eventually, I graduated from the Conservatory in Havana; I won a Canada Council Grant to go to school at the University of Toronto, where I graduated with artist and licentiate diplomas.
- 1.2 The holder of a licentiate degree.
Example sentencesExamples
- He is an accomplished pianist and a licentiate of the Royal School of Music.
- In addition, there is a cadre of medical professionals called medical licentiates who are basically clinical officers who have taken further training so that they can help doctors though the training does not turn them into doctors.
Origin
Late 15th century: from medieval Latin, noun use of licentiatus ‘having freedom’, based on licentia ‘freedom’.