Novitiate Definition

nōvizhit; also, and chiefly Brit, nōvizhēit, nōvizhēāt
novitiates
noun
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The period or state of being a novice.
Webster's New World

Novice.

Webster's New World
The quarters assigned to religious novices.
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Noun

Singular:
novitiate
Plural:
novitiates

Origin of Novitiate

  • From Medieval Latin novitiatus (“a novitiate"), from Latin novicius, novitius (“a novice"), from novus (“new").

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin novīciātus from novīcius novice novice

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Novitiate Sentence Examples

  • His novitiate was marked by a fervour of humility.

  • A lay brother, before he can become called away to a third year's novitiate, called the tertianship, as a preparation for his solemn profession of the three vows.

  • These various members of the Society are distributed in its novitiate houses, its colleges, its professed houses and its mission residences.

  • Among other buildings and institutions are a novitiate of Marist Fathers, a science and art school, a pier with pavilion and concert rooms, and a yacht club.

  • In 1580 he joined the Society of Jesus, after a two years' novitiate, passed mostly at Tournay.

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