novitiate

Noun

Meaning

The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.

Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.

One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.

The place where novices live or are trained.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

novice noviciate babe colt cub Greenhorn amateur initiate recruit pupil starter apprentice apprenticeship freshman learner
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Antonyms

national pro maestro local head ace
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Hypernyms

period period of time time period religious person

Related terms

novel novelty novice novelize novella novelization

Phrases with the word

enter the novitiate

Anagrams

evitation

Examples

After the novitiate, a man makes his first profession, or vows, for one year, he said. Source: Internet

Fr Manh spent the first five years of life in Brazil working in formation at the novitiate, which was located in the countryside outside Sao Paulo city. Source: Internet

Three junior professed sisters made their final profession of vows, three novices made their first profession of vows and one postulant was received into the novitiate. Source: Internet

Despite Hopkins burning all his poems on entering the Jesuit novitiate, he had already sent some to Bridges who, with a few other friends, was one of the few people to see many of them for some years. Source: Internet

He entered the Roman novitiate in 1560, remaining in Rome three years. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Novinger novirhabdovirus novitial novitiateship novitious Novitsky