NOVICIATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

noviciate; novitiate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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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