Li*cen"ti*ate (l&isl;*s&ebreve;n"sh&ibreve;*&asl;t or -
sh&asl;t; 106), n. [LL. licentiatus, fr.
licentiare to allow to do anything, fr. L. licentia
license. See License, n.] 1.
One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a
licentiate in medicine or theology.
The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an
edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates,
to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor.
Johnson.
2. A friar authorized to receive confessions
and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local
clergy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a
liberty, as if having a license therefor. [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
4. On the continent of Europe, a university
degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of
doctor.
Li*cen"ti*ate (-sh&ibreve;*āt), v.
t. To give a license to. [Obs.]
L'Estrange.
