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special licences

special licences is the plural of special licence.

Meaning of special licence

Noun

special licence (plural special licences)

  1. (UK, historical) A marriage licence, granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury or his officials, permitting the marriage of two specified persons without banns, and at a place and time other than those prescribed by law.

Questions about special licences

What is special licences the plural of?
Special licences is the plural of special licence.

Words near special licences in the dictionary

  1. special issues
  2. Special K
  3. special lassi
  4. special lassis
  5. special licence
  6. special licences
  7. special linear group
  8. special linear groups
  9. special master
  10. special masters
  11. special measures

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Adapted from Wiktionary: special licences (page history and authors); special licence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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