licentiate
licentiate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. [Obs.] Chaucer called?
- What is one who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor. [Obs.] Bp. Hall called?
- What is on the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor called?
- What is to give a license to. [Obs.] L'Estrange called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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