licentiate

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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

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

William Miller, Baptist licentiate, began to preach in 1831 of the Second Advent of The Christ.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1805 he returned to North Carolina, where in 1809 he was made a licentiate in the Presbyterian Church and allowed to preach.

From The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development by DuBois, W. E. Burghardt