noviciate

I have travelled far, my Liege," replied Catherine Beauchamp, in a gayer tone; "have made my pilgrimage, and passed part of my noviciate in a cell of the order I have chosen near Dijon.

The major's son, Fritz, was thus in his noviciate.

They entered on their duties after a noviciate of nine months, and were called Dames de Saint Louis.

Those young persons who desire to be admitted to the beguinage must first become postulants, and afterward make their noviciate in the convents or communities.

The nuns of the Sepolte Vive are never seen again after they once assume the black veil, though they are allowed double the ordinary noviciate.