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Definition of: licentiate
(lī·sen′shē·it, -āt) noun
1. A person licensed, as by a university, to practice a certain profession: a licentiate in dental surgery.
2. In some Continental universities, a person holding a degree intermediate between bachelor and doctor. [<Med. L licentiatus, pp. of licentiare allow, license <L licenţia LICENSE]
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