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novitiate definition

no·vi·tiate (nō vis̸h′it; also, and chiefly Brit, -vis̸h′ē it, -āt′)

noun

    1. the period or state of being a novice
    2. novice
  2. the quarters assigned to religious novices
Also Chiefly Brit.noviciate no·vi′·ci·ate

Etymology: Fr noviciat < ML novitiatus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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