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    [Noun]  | "no*vi*tiate" | \ nō-ˈvi-shət \


    1: the period or state of being a novice

    2: a house where novices are trained

    3: novice


    Origin: circa 1518 ;

     Borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French noviciat "period of being a novice," borrowed from Medieval Latin novīciātus, from Late Latin novīcius {see: |novice|novice} + Latin -ātus {see: |-ate:2|-ate:2};

    [Noun]  | "novitiates" 


    1: a person who is just starting out in a field of activity;


      * e.g., " ... a novitiate in the rarefied world of international diplomacy, the recently appointed ambassador is treading cautiously "





    [Noun]  | "novitiate" 


    1: a person who is just starting out in a field of activity;


      * e.g., " ... a novitiate in the rarefied world of international diplomacy, the recently appointed ambassador is treading cautiously "





     [ "novitiation" ]

    1: the act of learning as a novice.

      * e.g.,  ... His novitiation at the workshop proved to be useful. 

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