novitiate
IPA: nʌvˈɪʃieɪt
noun
- A novice.
- The period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training.
- The place where a novice lives and studies.
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Examples of "novitiate" in Sentences
- The mother house and novitiate is at Baltimore.
- The greatest asset to the novitiate was the farm.
- His novitiate was marked by a fervour of humility.
- It also served as a seminary, novitiate and retreat centre.
- They rebuilt the monastery and added a novitiate and a school.
- His novitiate was to be in England, but proved to be very short.
- At the end of the Novitiate, the novice professes Temporary Vows.
- In 1951, a proposal was made to move the novitiate to Blairstown.
- And the day of the proposed interpellation he entered the novitiate of Laval.
- The convent constituted the Headquarters of the Congregation and the Novitiate.
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