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noviciate

noviciate is the alternative form of novitiate.

Meaning of novitiate

Noun

novitiate (plural novitiates)

  1. A novice.
  2. The period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training.
    • 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.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 214
  3. The place where a novice lives and studies.

Forms of noviciate

pluralnoviciates

Questions about noviciate

What is noviciate the alternative form of?
Noviciate is the alternative form of novitiate.

Words near noviciate in the dictionary

  1. noviceship
  2. noviceships
  3. novicey
  4. novichok
  5. novichoks
  6. noviciate
  7. noviciates
  8. novicidin
  9. Novick
  10. Novicks
  11. novid

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