noviciate

Other spellings

• novitiate

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /nəˈvɪʃi.ət/

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• Hyphenation: no‧vi‧ci‧ate

Noun

Singular noviciate

Plural noviciates

1. (countable) A noviciate is the period where a novice is trained for a religious position.