NOVITIATE


Meaning of NOVITIATE in English

(also novi·ci·ate ) / nəʊˈvɪʃiət; NAmE noʊ-/ noun

( formal ) a period of being a novice (2)

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin noviciatus , from Latin novicius new, from novus new.

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