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NOVICIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does noviciate mean? 

NOVICIATE (noun)
  The noun NOVICIATE has 1 sense:

1. the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)play

  Familiarity information: NOVICIATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NOVICIATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

noviciate; novitiate

Hypernyms ("noviciate" 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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