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novitiate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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no·vi·ti·ate, noviciate /nəʊˈvɪʃiət, nə-, -ʃieɪt $ noʊˈvɪʃət/ noun [countable]  RRthe period of being a novice 见习期
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novitiateHis thoughts drifted forward in time from his novitiate.Ed had entered the Jesuit novitiate in the summer of 1975, just one month after his high school graduation.He entered the Jesuit novitiate on 26 May 1583.And so, it began: after the novitiate, classical and humane studies, and then philosophy.He completed, took orders and entered the novitiate all within a couple of years.But when be was seventeen, he entered the novitiate.No longer could he fall back on the comforting routines of the novitiate to give structure to his life.The novitiate over, they are permitted to make their first vows.
no·vi·ti·ate nounChineseSyllable
Corpus of a period the novice being


novitiate
novitiate , noviciate /nəʊˈvɪʃiət, nəʊˈvɪʃiɪt, nə-, -ʃieɪt $ noʊˈvɪʃət/ noun [countable]
the period of being a novice


novi·ti·ate (also novi·ci·ate) BrE /nəʊˈvɪʃiət/ 🔊NAmE /noʊˈvɪʃiət/ 🔊 noun (formal) a period of being a novice (2) (修士或修女的)初学期