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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024li•cen•ti•ate (lī sen′shē it, -āt′),USA pronunciation n. - Educationa person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- Educationthe holder of a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor, now confined chiefly to certain continental European universities.
- Medieval Latin licentiātus, noun, nominal use of past participle of licentiāre to authorize. See license, -ate1
- 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: licentiate /laɪˈsɛnʃɪɪt/ n - a person who has received a formal attestation of professional competence to practise a certain profession or teach a certain skill or subject
- a degree between that of bachelor and doctor awarded now only by certain chiefly European universities
- a person who holds this degree
- chiefly a person holding a licence to preach
Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin licentiātus, from licentiāre to permitliˈcentiateˌship n |