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novitiate

DEFINITIONS OF: novitiate

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n the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)

Synonyms:
noviciate
Type of:
period, period of time, time period
an amount of time

n someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

Synonyms:
novice
Type of:
religious person
a person who manifests devotion to a deity
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