Meaning

3 senses

  1. A novice.

    послу́шникposlúšnik, послушницаposlušnica

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

  2. The period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training.

    Noviziat

    послушничествоposlušničestvo

  3. The place where a novice lives and studies.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. He entered the novitiate.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a novice:
the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training:

Origin

First attested in 1517; either borrowed from Middle French noviciat, novitiat or from Medi

First attested in 1517; either borrowed from Middle French noviciat, novitiat or from Medieval Latin noviciātus, novitiātus (“a novitiate”), from Latin novicius, novitius + -ātus (see -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank or office)), from novus (“new”). Sense 1 is not attested in cognates.

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Forms

plural: novitiates
Singularnovitiate
Pluralnovitiates

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows:novice
  • the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order):noviciate

Word family

8 related words
RelatednovelA2noveltyB2novelizationnovelizenovellanovice
Derivednovitiateshipnovitiation

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
noveltyB2novicenowA1
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