He completed, took orders and entered the novitiate all within a couple of years.

I had entered the novitiate at fourteen, before my body matured.

He entered the novitiate with the Jesuits in 1616.

Entering the novitiate, she took the religious name Sister Gregory.

Upon entering the novitiate of that religious institute he took the name Placidus.

There he entered the Jesuit novitiate but had to leave due to ill health.

Often one must complete a postulancy before officially entering the novitiate.

In 1900 he entered the novitiate and received the religious name of Leopold.

He entered the novitiate on September 7, 1961.

Between 1803 and 1805, 103 candidates entered the novitiate of Polatsk, 23 among them being priests.