Antonyms for novitiate

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noh-vish-ee-it, -eyt

Phonetic Transcription : noʊˈvɪʃ i ɪt, -ˌeɪt

Definition of novitiate

Origin : also noviciate, "state of being a novice," c.1600, from Middle French noviciat or directly from Medieval Latin novitiatus, from Late Latin novitius "novice," from Latin adjective novicius (see novice).

noun beginner

Example sentences :

The novitiate has its great joys, but it has its great trials also.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

So she began her novitiate and was presently received into the order.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

The air of assurance and dignity about it all was exceedingly noticeable to the novitiate.
Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser

It may have been so; he was still in his novitiate of infamy.
Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

We ourselves do not care to take pupils who have no idea at all of the novitiate.
Extract from : « The Master Mummer » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

He will review them as soon as his two years of novitiate are over.
Extract from : « Loyola and the Educational System of the Jesuits » by Thomas Hughes

I see no difficulty in putting Mlle. de Grouchy into the novitiate; why not also Fontanges, who desires it so ardently?
Extract from : « The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr » by Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon

I have sent word to Mme. de Brinon to examine them all, and to begin nothing for the novitiate until my return.
Extract from : « The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr » by Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon

But it was in Italy that he had passed through his novitiate as an artist.
Extract from : « The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) » by Richard Muther

Our novitiate is a large apartment with five immense windows in it.
Extract from : « The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 » by Various

Synonyms for novitiate

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