"licensure" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: licensures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} licensure (countable and uncountable, plural licensures)
  1. The act of conferring a license for an activity. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-licensure-en-noun-5zco8SSb
  2. The condition of being licensed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-licensure-en-noun-kb~ZWmb8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

Inflected forms

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