licentiate

Definition of Licentiate in English :

1. licentiate

holds a license (degree) from a (European) university

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Licentiate

noun

1.

a person who has received a formal attestation of professional competence to practise a certain profession or teach a certain skill or subject

2.

a degree between that of bachelor and doctor awarded now only by certain chiefly European universities

3.

a person who holds this degree

4. mainly Presbyterian Church

a person holding a licence to preach

noun

1.

a person licensed to practice a specified profession

2.

in certain European and Canadian universities, an academic degree between that of bachelor and that of doctor

n.

1. One who is granted a license by an authorized body to practice a specified profession.

2.

a. A degree from certain European and Canadian universities ranking just below that of a doctor.

b. One holding such a degree.