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Noun: noviciate  nu'vi-sh(ee-)ut
  1. (religion) the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)
    - novitiate

Derived forms: noviciates

Type of: period, period of time, time period, time span

Encyclopedia: Noviciate