[ nə(ʊ)'vɪʃɪət , -ɪeɪt ]
(also noviciate )
■ noun
1》 the period or state of being a novice.
2》 a novice, especially in a religious order.
3》 a place housing religious novices.
Origin
C17: from eccles. L. noviciatus , from L. novicius (see novice ).
[ nə(ʊ)'vɪʃɪət , -ɪeɪt ]
(also noviciate )
■ noun
1》 the period or state of being a novice.
2》 a novice, especially in a religious order.
3》 a place housing religious novices.
Origin
C17: from eccles. L. noviciatus , from L. novicius (see novice ).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004