noviciate
Beginner's learning phase
Noviciate is the period of being a novice, especially in a religious order—the time of training and probation before taking vows: She spent her noviciate at a convent in upstate New York.
The term also refers to the place where novices live and train.
Also spelled novitiate, which is more common.
Religious sisters' dwelling
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- monkCloistered religious devotee
vows · habit · celibacy · priory · order · postulant · aspirant · enclosure
Dedicated career path
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- formationCreation or arrangement
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
consecration · ordination · prayer · meditation · faith · calling · renunciation · obedience
Temporary testing interval
- candidacyPursuit of office
- testingExamining to evaluate
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- preparationArranging things in advance
assessment · scrutiny · guidance · supervision · readiness · suitability · acceptance · dismissal
convent
Religious sisters' dwelling
monk · vows · habit · celibacy · priory · order · postulant · aspirant · enclosure · professed
vocation
Dedicated career path
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- formationCreation or arrangement
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
piety · consecration · ordination · prayer · meditation · faith · calling · renunciation · obedience · chastity
trial period
Temporary testing interval
- candidacyPursuit of office
- testingExamining to evaluate
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
preparation · assessment · scrutiny · guidance · supervision · readiness · suitability · acceptance · dismissal · perseverance
noviciatefinal vows
Permanent monastic commitment
perpetual vows · solemn vows · ordained ministry · abbot · abbess