ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Licensure

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Licensure is a noun meaning The act of conferring a license for an activity.

Meaning

The act of conferring a license for an activity.

More Meanings

  1. The condition of being licensed.

Example Sentences

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 doctors.

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include licensing, license, granting, authorisation, authorization, approval.

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