Definition of licentiate

• n. - One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.
• n. - A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.
• n. - One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.
• n. - On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
• v. t. - To give a license to.