NOVITIATE


Meaning of NOVITIATE in English

n. 25B6; noun

a three-year novitiate : PROBATIONARY PERIOD, probation, trial period, test period, apprenticeship, training period, traineeship, training, initiation.

two young novitiates : NOVICE, neophyte; postulant, proselyte, catechumen.

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