Definition of Novitiate
Novitiate
nov·i·ti·ate
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A person who has entered a religious order for a trial period.
e.g. The young monk began his novitiate at the monastery last year.
(noun)
a person who has recently been admitted as a member of a religious order/community on probation;
e.g. She is still a novitiate at the convent but she is training to be a nun.
(noun)
a building or place where religious novices are housed and trained;
e.g. He went to the novitiate to deliver his teachings.
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