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One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.

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  1. n. One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.
  2. n. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.
  3. n. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.
  4. n. On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
  5. v. t. To give a license to.
  6. n. holds a license (degree) from a (European) university
  7. n. holds a license (degree) from a (European) university