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