Definition for LI-CEN'TIATE

LI-CEN'TIATE, n. [from L. licentia.]

  1. One who has a license; as, a licentiate in physic or medicine.
  2. In Spain, one who has a degree; as, a licentiate in law or divinity. The officers of justice are mostly distinguished by this title. – Encyc.

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