Word Meaning

Meaning of licentiate

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