novitiate
修練期間
解説 Definition
宗教的共同体で修道士や修道女となるための修習期間。初心者が正式に入信する前の修行過程。
Novitiate is a period of training and testing for someone who has recently joined a religious order. It can also refer to the state of being a beginner in that system. This is a formal word used mainly in religious contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず novice「初心者」が核です。novitiate は novice と形が近いので、「初心者でいる段階・期間」とまとめて覚えると残りやすいです。ポイントは、人そのものではなく“期間・修習段階”を指す名詞だということ。宗教的な文脈で使われやすく、the novitiate lasted two years のように長さや過程と結びつけると定着します。novice と混同して「初心者本人」にしないよう注意。
Link it to `novice`, which means a beginner. `Novitiate` looks similar, but it usually means the stage or training period of being a beginner, not the person. That is why it often appears with time expressions, such as a period lasting months or years.
例文
She completed her novitiate before taking her final vows.
彼女は最終的な誓いを立てる前に修練期を完了した。
The novitiate usually lasts for several years.
修練期は通常数年間続く。
During his novitiate, he learned the monastery's traditions and practices.
彼の修練期中に、修道院の伝統と慣行を学んだ。
novitiate の類義語・関連語
novitiate の語源・成り立ち Etymology
novitiate はフランス語 noviciat を経て入り、語源はラテン語 novus「新しい」にさかのぼる。novice「新参者」と同根で、修道会などで「まだ新しい者である期間」を指したため、「修練期間」という意味になった。関連語は novice, innovate。
Novitiate came through French noviciat and goes back to Latin novus, meaning "new." It is closely related to novice, originally referring to someone new to a religious order or discipline. From that idea, the word came to mean the period or state of being a beginner under training. Related words include novice and innovate.
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