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novitiate
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[ noun ] the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)
Synonyms Used in print (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)And the monastic communities were supposed to be made_up of volunteers selected only after a novitiate which would test their religious aptitude for monastic rigors , their spiritual athleticism . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (religion) someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
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