1779–81, Samuel Johnson, "Samuel Garth" in Lives of the Most Eminent English Poet
The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighbouring poor.

… 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.

a Licentiate of Paris takes upon him to defend

Licentiate

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