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NOVICIATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)
Synonyms:
noviciate; novitiate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("noviciate" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Domain category:
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)