novitiate

Other spellings

• noviciate

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /nəˈvɪʃi.ət/

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• Hyphenation: no‧vi‧ti‧ate

Noun

Singular novitiate

Plural novitiates

1. (countable) A novitiate is the period where a novice is trained for a religious position.