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Gracious Word: Novitiate

4/19/2014

 
Mariya Dondonyan
Word every Gracious Individual should know: Novitiate

Definition: Novitiate (pronounced: noh-VISH-ee-it); Latin; noun
1. The state or period of being a beginner in anything.

Why I love this word:
Coming from the word meaning novice, however, this word is mainly referred to a religious meaning. A novice in Catholic law and tradition, is a prospective member of a religious institute who is being tried and being proven for suitability of admission to a religious order of brothers, sisters or monks. They are not admitted to vows until they have successfully completed the prescribed period of training and proving, called the novitiate.

Photograph by Jonathan Wherrett


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