What does "licentiate" mean?
Licentiate: A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
- 3.On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
- 4.To give a license to. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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