no·vi·ti·ate
noun/nəʊˈvɪʃiət/
/nəʊˈvɪʃiət/
(also noviciate)
(formal)- a period of being a novice
（修士或修女的）初学期 Word Originearly 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin noviciatus, from Latin novicius ‘new’, from novus ‘new’.