'Novitiate' definitions:

Definition of 'novitiate'

(from WordNet)
noun
The period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order) [syn: novitiate, noviciate]
noun
Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows [syn: novitiate, novice]

Definition of 'Novitiate'

From: GCIDE
  • Novitiate \No*vi"ti*ate\, n. [LL. novitiatus: cf. F. noviciat.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: The time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The place where novices live or are trained. [R.] [1913 Webster]

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