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noviciate

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no·vi·ti·ate also no·vi·ci·ate  (n-vsh-t, -t)
n.
1. The period of being a novice.
2. A place where novices live.
3. See novice.

[Medieval Latin novcitus, from novcius, novice; see novice.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.noviciate - the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)
faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
Translations
noviciate novitiate [nəʊˈvɪʃɪɪt] N
1. (Rel) (= period, place) → noviciado m
2. (fig) → período m de aprendizaje
noviciate, novitiate
n (Eccl)
(= state)Noviziat nt
(= place)Novizenhaus nt


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At this moment a squire, clothed in a threadbare vestment, (for the aspirants after this holy Order wore during their noviciate the cast-off garments of the knights,) entered the garden, and, bowing profoundly before the Grand Master, stood silent, awaiting his permission ere he presumed to tell his errand.
 
 
 
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