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Novitiate   Listen
noun
Novitiate  n.  
1.
The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.
2.
Hence: The time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.
3.
One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.
4.
The place where novices live or are trained. (R.)





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"Novitiate" Quotes from Famous Books



... paying no attention, walked swiftly toward the gate. He had served his novitiate. He would never be afraid again. With cheerful alacrity he dodged the stones flung after him with friendly, erratic aim by the girl upon whom, yesterday afternoon, he had come to ...
— The Best American Humorous Short Stories • Various
... of time, in persons accustomed to alcohol, the vascular changes, temporary only in the novitiate, become confirmed and permanent. The bloom on the nose which characterizes the genial toper is the established sign of alcoholic action on the ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
... circles so widely different from her previous experience of life, and that "she attributed it wholly to her knowledge of social customs and the social atmosphere, as gained from the best society stories." It was in this manner that she served her social novitiate and the result ...
— Social Life - or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society • Maud C. Cooke
... some of the wealthiest families in Florence from placing their daughters in the Carmelite Convent. A nobleman or opulent citizen who had several daughters, would consider it a duty to devote one of them to the service of the church; and the votive girl was most probably compelled to perform her novitiate and take the veil in this renowned establishment. It was essentially the convent patronized by the aristocracy; and no female would be received within its walls save on the payment of ...
— Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf • George W. M. Reynolds
... great chiefs. A candidate came before the lodge in gala fashion, painted, wreathed, and laughing. Leaping into their circle, he joined madly in the rout, and thus made known his desire for admittance. If worthy, he became a servant, and only after proving by a long novitiate his qualities was he given the lowest rank. Then he received the name by which he would be known in the society. He swore to kill his children, if he had any, and crooking his left arm, he struck it with his right hand, and ...
— Mystic Isles of the South Seas. • Frederick O'Brien


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