noviciates
Religious training periods
Noviciates is the plural of noviciate, the period during which a person prepares to join a religious order.
During the noviciate, candidates live in community, follow the order's rule, and discern whether they're called to permanent vows.
The term also refers to the place where novices live and train: The monastery's noviciate housed twelve young men.
Also spelled novitiate.
Religious order applicant
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
habit · cloister · profession · canonical · discernment · order · abbess · formation
Creation or arrangement
- instructionGuidance for action
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- preparationArranging things in advance
curriculum · discipline · guidance · supervision · probation · education · spiritual direction · rule
Inexperienced beginner
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
- aspirantOne seeking advancement
- candidatePerson seeking selection
entrant · junior · probationer · first-year · uninitiated · inexperienced · learner · recruit
Formal event marking occasions
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- admissionEntry or confession
- entrancePoint of access
rite · vesting · acceptance · profession · white veil · black veil · final vows · perpetual vows
postulant
Religious order applicant
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- vowSolemn personal commitment
celibacy · habit · cloister · profession · canonical · discernment · order · abbess · formation · enclosure
formation
Creation or arrangement
- instructionGuidance for action
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
preparation · curriculum · discipline · guidance · supervision · probation · education · spiritual direction · rule · obedience
neophyte
Inexperienced beginner
candidate · entrant · junior · probationer · first-year · uninitiated · inexperienced · learner · recruit
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- admissionEntry or confession
entrance · rite · vesting · acceptance · profession · white veil · black veil · final vows · perpetual vows