noviciate

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And for want of a hundred cart-loads of stone which I had worked at the quarry—doors and windows—I have not finished the students' studies'—probably in the noviciate near the Claustro da Micha.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

Accordingly Master George, having served a noviciate as apprentice, stepped over the intermediate state of "able seaman," and became second mate, then first mate, and lastly captain, or more properly master.

From An Old Sailor's Yarns by Ames, N. (Nathaniel)

Several groups succeeded this performance, amongst which was that of “Daedalus and Icarus,” the most celebrated work of his noviciate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

You know the vows, in which you have already been approved through the noviciate.

From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf

Even the two years of noviciate mainly contributed to the same purpose.

From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)