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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Licentiat, Licenciat, ppl. a. and n. Also: liscenciat, lycentiat, licenciate. [ME. licentiat (Chaucer), med.L. licentiatus: see Licentiat,v. and p.p. Cf. also Lecentiat.]
a. ppl. a. Allowed, permitted, granted, having official permission or authorization. b. ppl. a. and n. Holder of the University degree of ‘licence’ (Licence n. 2 d). = Licent n. a.a. c 1494 Loutfut in Queene Elizabethes Achad. (E.E.T.S., E.S. viii) 101/220.
All thingis be takin treuly as thai attest, Ay liscenciat and lovit with all ledis 1622-6 Bisset I. 156/34.
Except procuratouris and advocattis … or utheris licenciate literate ȝoung men, haifand licence of the lordis to heir & leir the practiqueb. 1456 Hay I. 221/18.
Sa cumis thare a licenciate of London, Inglis man borne, till Paris to be doctour in canoun or theologye a 1500 Coll. St. Salvator 158.
Ane salter befor the licentiatis stal strenyeit 1543 Blackfriars Perth 197.
Maister Johne Gledstanis, lycentiat in the law 1556 Liber Coll. Glasg. 226.
Licenciat in the lawis
