novitiate

Definition of Novitiate in English :

1. noviciate, novitiate

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

2. novice, novitiate

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Novitiate

noun

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

3. a less common word for novice

noun

1.

a.

the period or state of being a novice

b.

novice

2.

the quarters assigned to religious novices

n.

1. The period of being a novice.

2. A place where novices live.

3. See novice.