Novitiate(n.) The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.
Novitiate(n.) Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.
Novitiate(n.) One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.
Novitiate(n.) The place where novices live or are trained.
Novitious(a.) Newly invented; recent; new.
Novity(n.) Newness; novelty.
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