— licentiateship , n. — licentiation , n.
/luy sen"shee it, -ayt'/ , 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.
[ 1350-1400; licentiatus, n. use of ptp. of licentiare to authorize. See LICENSE, -ATE 1 ]