See Also: cunctation(dictionary)
licentiate(medicine)
licentiate(1)(dictionary)
licentiate(2)(dictionary)
licentiate(dictionary)

licentiate(1) (iou) and cunctation (iou)


licentiate(1) (iou)



licentiate noun. L15.
[medieval Latin licentiatus use as noun of pa. pple of licentiare: see LICENTIATE verb, -ATE1.]
The holder of a university or college licence; spec. & now only in some foreign universities, the holder of a particular degree between bachelor and master or doctor. Now usu., the holder of a certificate of competence from a particular body or college to practise a particular profession. L15.
B. Bainbridge A Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and a Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Company.
Esp. in Presbyterian Churches, a person with a licence to preach but as yet no appointment. M19.
licentiateship noun the status or qualification of a licentiate L19.

cunctation (iou)



cunctation noun. L16.
[Latin cunctatio(n-), from cunctat- pa. ppl stem of cunctari delay: see -ATION.]
The action or an instance of delaying; tardy action.
cunctatious adjective (rare) prone to delay M19.
'cunctative adjective (rare) = cunctatious E17.