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Licentiate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One who has a license; as a licentiate in physic or medicine.

2. In Spain, one who has a degree; as a licentiate in law or divinity. The officers of justice are mostly distinguished by this title.

Licentiate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To give license or permission.

Licentiate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.

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

3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.

4. On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.

Licentiate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To give a license to.