novitiate
novitiate
[nə(ʊ)ˈvɪʃɪət, -ɪeɪt]
(亦作 noviciate)
noun
[nə(ʊ)ˈvɪʃɪət, -ɪeɪt]
(亦作 noviciate)
noun
- [mass noun](chiefly US)the period or state of being a novice, especially in a religious order
(主美)（尤指修道会的）修士（或修女）的见习期
■a novice, especially in a religious order
（尤指修道会的）见习修士（或修女）
■a place housing religious novices
修士（或修女）见习处
- early 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin noviciatus, from Latin novicius 'new' (see novice)
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