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单词 novitiate
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
no•vi•ti•ate /noʊˈvɪʃiɪt, -ˌeɪt/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Religion[uncountable] the state or period of being a religious novice.
  2. Religion[countable] the housing in which religious novices live.
  3. [countable] a religious novice.
See -nov-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
no•vi•ti•ate  (nō vish′ē it, -āt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Religionthe state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation.
  2. Religionthe quarters occupied by religious novices during probation.
  3. the state or period of being a beginner in anything.
  4. a novice.
Also, no•vi′ci•ate. 
  • Medieval Latin, equivalent. to novīti(us) novice + -ātus -ate3
  • 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
novitiate, noviciate /nəʊˈvɪʃɪɪt -ˌeɪt/ n
  1. the state of being a novice, esp in a religious order, or the period for which this lasts
  2. the part of a religious house where the novices live
Etymology: 17th Century: from French noviciat, from Latin novīcius novice
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