licentiate: Meaning and Definition of

li•cen•ti•ate

Pronunciation: (lī-sen'shē-it, -āt"), [key]
— n.
  1. a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
  2. the holder of a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor, now confined chiefly to certain continental European universities.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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