† noviceryn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. = novitiate n. 3.
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society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > noviciate
novicerya1425
novitiate1629
novitiate house1704
a1425 Ordination of Nuns (Lansd.) in E. A. Kock Rule St. Benet (1902) 142 (MED) And hir mastres sall haue hir to þe Nouycery, & infurme as religiun will.
2. = novitiate n. 2.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > [noun] > novice > period of being
novicery1440
noviceship1532
probation1597
novitiate1602
novitiateship1666
probationship1822
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 360 Novysrye [v.r. nouycery], noviciatus.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) iv. xx If the religious were bounde to obey in al thynge, his professyon were al vncertein and vnassayed in his nouycery.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) iv. xx In the yere of hys assaye in hys nouycery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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