Meaning

3 senses
  1. A person who holds the academic degree of license.

    holds a license (degree) from a (European) university

  2. One who has a licence to exercise a profession.

    a licentiate in medicine or theology

  3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Late Latin licentiātus, from licentiō (“to allow to do something”).

Late Latin licentiātus, from licentiō (“to allow to do something”).

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Forms

plural: licentiates
Singularlicentiate
Plurallicentiates

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
licentiate — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto