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  • 51Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté — Rosalie Cadron Jetté …

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  • 52List of monasteries in Madrid — The following compilation of convents and monasteries in the city of Madrid includes monasteries past and present in Madrid, Spain, divided by the reign in which they were founded. The list gives a sense of how large the monastic communities grew …

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  • 53Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel — Basiliek van Onze Lieve Vrouw van Scherpenheuvel (Dutch) Basilique de Notre Dame de Montaigu (French) …

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  • 54novitiate — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Apprenticeship] Syn. internship, tutelage, trial period; see origin 1 . 2. [Novice] Syn. intern, beginner, apprentice; see amateur . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. trial period training period, probation, initiation,… …

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  • 55novitiate — no|vi|ti|ate noviciate [nəuˈvıʃiıt, nə , ʃieıt US nouˈvıʃıt] n the period of being a novice …

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  • 56novitiate — (n.) also noviciate, state of being a novice, c.1600, from M.Fr. noviciat or directly from M.L. novitiatus, from L.L. novitius novice, from Latin adjective novicius (see NOVICE (Cf. novice)) …

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  • 57novitiate — [nə(ʊ) vɪʃɪət, ɪeɪt] (also noviciate) noun 1》 the period or state of being a novice. 2》 a novice, especially in a religious order. 3》 a place housing religious novices. Origin C17: from eccles. L. noviciatus, from L. novicius (see novice) …

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  • 58novitiate — /noʊˈvɪʃiət / (say noh visheeuht), / ieɪt/ (say eeayt) noun 1. the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation. 2. the quarters occupied by religious novices during probation. 3. the state or period of being a beginner… …

  • 59novitiate — (also noviciate) ► NOUN 1) the period or state of being a novice. 2) a religious novice. 3) a place housing religious novices …

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  • 60novitiate — [nō vish′it; ] also, and chiefly Brit [, nōvish′ē it, nō vish′ēāt΄] n. [Fr noviciat < ML novitiatus] 1. a) the period or state of being a novice b) NOVICE 2. the quarters assigned to religious novices: Also Chiefly Brit. noviciate …

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