novitiate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French novitiat, from Medieval Latin novitiatus (“a novitiate”), from Latin novicius, novitius (“a novice”), from novus (“new”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
novitiate (plural novitiates)
- A novice.
- The period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 214:
- Three weeks after the departure of the Mandevilles, all Naples flocked to witness the profession of a young Englishwoman, a dispensation having been obtained for the novitiate.
- The place where a novice lives and studies.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training
a novice
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Further reading edit
- “novitiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “novitiate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “novitiate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.