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licentiate

[lahy-sen-shee-it, -eyt] / laɪˈsɛn ʃi ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


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She became a student in the University of Paris where she attained the degrees of licentiate in physics in 1893 and licentiate in mathematics in 1894.

From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2011

The future archbishop earned a licentiate in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome and a doctorate in canon law from Catholic University of America before being ordained in 1939.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2011

Three years later, his first philosophical book, The Religious Philosophy of Kant, was published, while he was working for his licentiate in theology.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a year and a half off to become a licentiate in canon law, he stayed on in Africa for twelve years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pio Valenzuela y Alejandrino was a licentiate of Medicine, and one of the members of the inferior Supreme Council of the Katipunan.

From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis