novitiate
noun
the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation.
noviciate
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a variation of
novitiate.
Example Sentences
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Accordingly Master George, having served a noviciate as apprentice, stepped over the intermediate state of "able seaman," and became second mate, then first mate, and lastly captain, or more properly master.
From An Old Sailor's Yarns by N. (Nathaniel) Ames
They entered on their duties after a noviciate of nine months, and were called Dames de Saint Louis.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
She was summoned to Rome, and, after three years' noviciate at the Sacramentarie, she was permitted, in 1862, to return to Monza, and to begin her community, fifteen nuns being clothed at the same time.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
After a noviciate of twelve days, full of resolves and counter-resolves, the moment arrived when she finally pronounced the fatal “yes,” which was to exclude her from the world for ever.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
But, though the original rule of the Templars enjoined a noviciate, it was totally neglected in practice; a matter which was afterwards made one of the charges against the order.
From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley
