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<p>The <b>novitiate</b>, also called the <b>noviciate</b>, is the period of training and preparation that a Christian <a href="page.php?w=novice">novice</a> (or prospective) <a href="page.php?w=monasticism">monastic</a>, apostolic, or member of a <a href="page.php?w=religious_order">religious order</a> undergoes prior to taking <a href="page.php?w=Religious_vows">vows</a> in order to <a href="page.php?w=Discernment_in_Christianity">discern</a> whether they are <a href="page.php?w=Religious_calling">called</a> to vowed religious life. It often includes</p><p>
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