novitiate
2 synonyms for novitiate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The time during which someone new to a religious order is trained.
Synonyms
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noviciate
Etymology
First recorded in 1517, the word was either borrowed from Middle French noviciat, novitiat, or comes from Medieval Latin noviciātus, novitiātus (“a novitiate”), formed from Latin novicius, novitius plus -ātus (see -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank or office)), itself from novus (“new”). Sense 1 is not found in cognat...
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