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NOVITIATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
Synonyms:
novice; novitiate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("novitiate" is a kind of...):
religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)
Sense 2
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 ("novitiate" 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)
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