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单词 novitiate
释义 no·vi·tiate
noun
also no·vi·ciate \nōˈvish(ē)ə̇t, nəˈ-, -shēˌāt, usu -d.+V\
(-s)
Etymology: French noviciat, from Medieval Latin noviciatus, novitiatus, from novicius, novitius novice + Latin -atus -ate
1.
 a. : the probationary period or state of a novice in a religious order
  < monks were to be admitted first for a novitiate of one year — K.S.Latourette >
 b. : a period or state of initiation or apprenticeship in an activity or occupation
  < some of these early works were hung in the Paris Salon during his novitiate — W.H.Downes >
2.
 a. : a novice in a religious order or priesthood
  < entered the Sisters of Charity Convent … as a novitiateNewsweek >
  < must pass some time as a novitiate in a Buddhist monastery — John Gunther >
 b. : apprentice, beginner
  < the novitiate at this business of motoring south — Jack Westeyn >
  < has little to offer a person already knowledgeable about India, but it provides a pleasant sojourn for the novitiate — Marguerite A. Brown >
3. : a place where novices are trained and housed
 < all their German, Czech and Austrian novitiates were closed, the buildings confiscated — Anne Fremantle >
Synonyms: see novice
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