juvenate

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noun In the Roman Catholic Church, the two years devoted by a novice preparing for the priesthood to the study of Latin, Greek, and rhetoric. Also called juniorship. Worcester (Supp.).

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Since the persecution of 1903, the congregation has been obliged to leave Savoy for England, where the juvenate, the novitiate, and the house of studies are successfully carried on.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
Besides these houses the province of Baltimore founded in 1881 a separate house for its juvenate, or junior house of studies, at Northeast, Pennsylvania.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
In 1887 a juvenate was erected at Kirkwood, near St. Louis, and in 1888 the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
March, 1901, the foundation of the present new juvenate house at

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
Another house, to be used as a primary juvenate, was purchased in

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
As Sally left the room just then she chuckled to herself, "Dat chile will shorely 'juvenate Miss S'lina!"

The Blue Birds' Winter Nest Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900