licentiat
Swedish
editNoun
editlicentiat c
- a licentiate (a person holding this academic degree)
Declension
editDeclension of licentiat | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | licentiat | licentiaten | licentiater | licentiaterna |
Genitive | licentiats | licentiatens | licentiaters | licentiaternas |
Middle English
editNoun
editlicentiat (plural licentiats)
- A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 218-220:
- [...] For he had power of confessioun,
As seyde him-self, more than a curat,
For of his ordre he was licentiat.- [...] For he had power of confession,
As he said himself, more than a parish priest,
For he was licensed by his order.
- [...] For he had power of confession,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 218-220: