Word Meaning

licentiate definition and meaning

n. One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.
n. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.
n. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.
n. On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
v. t. To give a license to.