novitiate

The period of being a novice.

A place where novices live.

Inexperienced; unpractised.

The state or time of being a novice; time of initiation; apprenticeship.

Specifically The period of probation of a young monk or nun before finally taking the monastic vows. See novice, 2.

A novice or probationer.

The house or separate building, in connection with a convent, in which the novices pass their time of probation.

The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.

The time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.