
1) French word used in English 2) Noviciate 3) Period 4) Period of time 5) Religious training period 6) Time period
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1) Novice 2) Noviciate 3) Nunstarter
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Novitiate, alt. noviciate, is the period of training and preparation that a novice (or prospective) monastic, apostolic, or member of a religious institute undergoes prior to taking vows in order to discern whether she or he is called to vowed religious life. It often includes times of intense study, prayer, living in community, studying the vowed...
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• (n.) Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows. • (n.) One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice. • (n.) The place where novices live or are trained. • (n.) The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments. • (n.) The place where novices li...
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No·vi'ti·ate noun [ Late Latin
novitiatus : confer French
noviciat .]
1. The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.
2. Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.
3. One who is going through a novitiat...
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[
n] - the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order) 2. [n] - someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
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novitiate 1. Anyone is a novice, especially in a religious order. 2. The part of a monastery, or convent, where novices live.
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a separate areas within a monasteryor convent where novices housed and trained while preparing for making their religious vows
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noviciate noun the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)
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the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation. · the quarters occupied by religious novices during probation. · the state or period of being a beginner in anything. · a novice.
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