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A person in a period of probation in a religous house before pronouncing his or her vows. At the end of the noviciate, the postulant had the choice of returning ...

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in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium Length: 412 words
Novice
in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Length: 206 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 109 words
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in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 43 words

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