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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)
Familiarity information: NOVICIATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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