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n. The period of being a novice.

n. A place where novices live.

n. See novice.

n. the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training

n. the place where a novice lives and studies

n. a novice

n. The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.

n. The time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.

n. One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.

n. The place where novices live or are trained.

Inexperienced; unpractised.

n. The state or time of being a novice; time of initiation; apprenticeship.

n. Specifically The period of probation of a young monk or nun before finally taking the monastic vows. See novice, 2.

n. A novice or probationer.

n. The house or separate building, in connection with a convent, in which the novices pass their time of probation.

n. the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)

n. someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

"All were nobles, trained in the profession of arms, and this period – which might be described as a novitiate – was the crucible in which the specific spirituality of the Templars gradually took shape."

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