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licensure

licensure noun: the act of conferring a license for an activity.

Noun

licensure (countable and uncountable, plural licensures)

  1. The act of conferring a license for an activity.
  2. The condition of being licensed.
    • The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic...1989 August 19, Bob Lederer, “Hiding Behind HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 8

Forms of licensure

plurallicensures

Words formed from licensure

Questions about licensure

What does licensure mean?
Licensure means the act of conferring a license for an activity.
What part of speech is licensure?
Licensure is a noun.
What is the plural of licensure?
The plural of licensure is licensures.

Words near licensure in the dictionary

  1. licensing fee
  2. licensing fees
  3. licensings
  4. licensor
  5. licensors
  6. licensure
  7. licensures
  8. licentiate
  9. licentiates
  10. licentiateship
  11. licentiateships

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