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noviciate

WordNet
  1. (n) noviciate
    the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) noviciate
    See novitiate.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Noviciate
    the state of being a novice: the period of being a novice: a novice
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr.,—L. novitius—novus, new.

Usage in literature

My Noviciate is not expired, and yet will you compell me to quit the Monastery? "The Monk; a romance" by M. G. Lewis

He remained there several months, and died at the noviciate in Paris. "The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete" by Duc de Saint-Simon

Dearest Madam, forbear for the present: I am but in my noviciate. "Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)" by Samuel Richardson

A Noviciate for Marriage. "Little Essays of Love and Virtue" by Havelock Ellis

When old enough I was sent to school, and then served my noviciate in the Franciscan convent in Villa Vicosa. "The Actress in High Life" by Sue Petigru Bowen

You may begin your noviciate on Sunday if you have made up your mind. "The White Sister" by F. Marion Crawford

Something similar to this period of quiet observation, might not be inexpedient for a noviciate in society. "Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford" by Edward Berens

After this introduction, they were drafted into the companies of the Janizaries, but only in order to commence a second noviciate. "Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3)" by John Henry Newman

Father Lavalle is at the other end of town, and Father O'Hara lives by the Noviciate. "The Long Roll" by Mary Johnston

There were in this noviciate many novices. "The Autobiography of Madame Guyon" by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon