novitiate

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novitiate

/nəˈvɪʃi.ət/
/nəʊ-/

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First attested in 1517; either borrowed from Middle French noviciat, novitiat or from Medieval Latin noviciātus, novitiātus (“a novitiate”), from Latin novicius, novitius + -ātus (see -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank or office)), from novus (“new”). Sense 1 is not attested in cognates.

noun novitiates

A novice.
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.
The place where a novice lives and studies.

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noun a novice

Русский	послу́шник poslúšnik, послушница poslušnica

noun the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training

Deutsch	Noviziat
Русский	послушничество poslušničestvo

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@misc{novitiate_2026,
  title = {novitiate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/novitiate},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}