Meaning & use
Novitiates
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People who have recently entered a religious order and are undergoing a period of training before taking full vows; also, that period of training itself.
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The novitiates spent their first year in prayer, study, and manual labor before deciding whether to take permanent vows.
The convent's novitiates rose before dawn each day for morning prayers.
A note on using this word
"Novitiate" can refer either to the person in training or to the training period itself, and is sometimes spelled "noviciate" in British English.
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novicespostulants
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