novitiate

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Set in Rome in 1971 just before the events of the first movie, “The First Omen’s” central figure is Margaret Daino, a dewy, virginal American novitiate played by Nell Tiger Free.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2024

He entered the novitiate in 1946 and was ordained in 1959.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Julie Andrews stars as a novitiate turned governess in this beloved 1965 musical set in pre-WWII Austria.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2021

In 1977, she entered the Ursuline novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph in Maple Mount, Ky. She moved to Guatemala after teaching kindergarten in Kentucky.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021

She had joined the novitiate at the Sisters of the Star.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill