noun
Meaning 1
A novice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
novitiate
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/nəˈvɪʃi.ət/
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noun
Meaning 2
The period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training.
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noun
Meaning 3
The place where a novice lives and studies.
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noun
Meaning 4
someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: novice
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious person
noun
Meaning 5
the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: noviciate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
History
Etymology
First attested in 1517; either borrowed from Middle French noviciat, novitiat or from Medieval Latin noviciātus, novitiātus (“a novitiate”), from Latin novicius, novitius + -ātus (see -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank or office)), from novus (“new”). Sense 1 is not attested in cognates.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: noviciaat — the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training
- Dutch: novitiaat — the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training
- German: Noviziat — the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training
- Polish: nowicjat — the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training
- Russian: послушничество (poslušničestvo) — the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training
- Swedish: novitiat — the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training
- Bulgarian: послушник (poslušnik) — a novice
- Dutch: novice — a novice
- Macedonian: послушник (poslušnik) — a novice
- Macedonian: искушеник (iskušenik) — a novice
- Macedonian: послушничка (poslušnička) — a novice
- Macedonian: искушеничка (iskušenička) — a novice
- Macedonian: ѓак (ǵak) — a novice
- Polish: nowicjusz — a novice
- Polish: nowicjuszka — a novice
- Russian: послу́шник (poslúšnik) — a novice
- Russian: послушница (poslušnica) — a novice