novitiate

n. 见习期

发音

其它 /nəˈvɪʃi.ət/

词形变化

novitiates 复数 novitiates

别名

noviciate

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A novice.

  2. 2.

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

  3. 3.

    The place where a novice lives and studies.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

novice noviciate

上位词 3

period period of time time period

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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