"novitiate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nəˈvɪʃi.ət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-novitiate.wav Forms: novitiates [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French novitiat, from Medieval Latin novitiatus (“a novitiate”), from Latin novicius, novitius (“a novice”), from novus (“new”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|novitiat}} Middle French novitiat, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|la|novicius}} Latin novicius Head templates: {{en-noun}} novitiate (plural novitiates)
  1. A novice. Translations (a novice): послушник (poslušnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), novice [feminine] (Dutch), послушник (poslušnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), искушеник (iskušenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), послушничка (poslušnička) [feminine] (Macedonian), искушеничка (iskušenička) [feminine] (Macedonian), ѓак (ǵak) [masculine] (Macedonian), послу́шник (poslúšnik) [masculine] (Russian), послушница (poslušnica) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-novitiate-en-noun-6vKW8h2B Disambiguation of 'a novice': 65 17 18
  2. The period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training. Categories (topical): Monasticism Translations (the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training): noviciaat [neuter] (Dutch), novitiaat [neuter] (Dutch), Noviziat [neuter] (German), послушничество (poslušničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), novitiat [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-novitiate-en-noun-QXBdDYCQ Disambiguation of Monasticism: 10 85 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 92 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 91 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 88 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 92 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 66 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 85 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 87 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 21 65 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 87 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 69 13 Disambiguation of 'the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training': 14 81 5
  3. The place where a novice lives and studies.
    Sense id: en-novitiate-en-noun-9jOGjzMY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: novel, novelization, novelize, novella, novelty, novice

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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