novitiate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: novitiate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
novitiate n the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order) Synonym(s): novitiate, noviciate someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows Synonym(s): novitiate, novice
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Novitiate \Novi"tiate\, n. [LL. novitiatus: cf. F. noviciat.] 1. The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments. 2. Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows. 3. One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice. --Addison. 4. The place where novices live or are trained. [R.]