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- DictionaryNo·vi·ti·ate/nōˈviSHət/
noun
- 1. the period or state of being a novice, especially in a religious order.
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The novitiate, also called the noviciate, is the period of training and preparation that a Christian novice monastic, apostolic, or member of a religious order undergoes prior to taking vows in order to discern whether they are called to vowed religious life. It often includes times of intense study, prayer, living in community, studying the vowed life, deepening one's relationship with God, and d... Wikipedia