Definition of Novitiate
Novitiate
no·vi·ti·ate
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
the state or period of being a recently-admitted member in a religious order or community, i.e. the state of being a novice;
e.g. At the end of a novitiate, a novice may take their vows and officially join the religious order.
(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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