† novicery Obs. rare.
[a. OF. novicerie, novisserie: see novice and -ery.]
1. = noviciate 3.
| c 1400 Rule St. Benet (Prose) 142 And hir mastres sall haue hir to þe Nouycery, & infurme as religiun will. |
2. = noviciate 1.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 360/1 Novysrye (nouycery), noviciatus. a 1470 H. Parker Dives & Pauper (Pynson, 1493) iv. xx, If the religious were bounde to obey in al thynge, his professyon were al vncertein and vnassayed in his nouycery. Ibid., In the yere of hys assaye in hys nouycery. |