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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And so, it began: after the novitiate , classical and humane studies, and then philosophy.
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But when be was seventeen, he entered the novitiate .
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Ed had entered the Jesuit novitiate in the summer of 1975, just one month after his high school graduation.
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He completed, took orders and entered the novitiate all within a couple of years.
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He entered the Jesuit novitiate on 26 May 1583.
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His thoughts drifted forward in time from his novitiate .
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No longer could he fall back on the comforting routines of the novitiate to give structure to his life.
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The novitiate over, they are permitted to make their first vows.