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Vinony

novitiate

noun

  1. period of training and preparation that a Christian novice undergoes
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /nəˈvɪʃi.ət/

noun

Etymology: 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.

  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.”

  3. The place where a novice lives and studies.