novitiate

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A novice.
  2. The period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training.
    — Three weeks after the departure of the Mandevilles, all Naples flocked to witness the profession of a young Englishwoman, a dispensation having been obtained for the novitiate.
  3. The place where a novice lives and studies.

词形变化

novitiates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
novitiateship novitiation
相关词
novel novelization novelize novella novelty novice

词源

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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