Novitiate

·noun The place where novices live or are trained.

II. Novitiate ·noun Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.

III. Novitiate ·noun One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.

IV. Novitiate ·noun The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.