novitiate

novitiate is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.
2. noun. Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.
3. noun. One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.
4. noun. The place where novices live or are trained.
5. noun. someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

   Synonyms: novice

6. noun. the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)

   Synonyms: noviciate

Synonyms

novice, noviciate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in novitiate:

evitation

Common word forms

novitiates

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