Editing Novice (section)

====Catholicism====
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[[File:Zusters in Sevilla.JPG|thumb|The novice is at left, wearing a white veil. The [[religious habit|habit]] of a novice often differs from that of the full professed sisters.]]
[[File:Mandaean priest initiation 01.png|thumb|right|A [[Mandaeans|Mandaean]] novice or ''šualia'' {{lang|myz|ࡔࡅࡀࡋࡉࡀ}} in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008]]
A novice in [[Catholic]] [[canon law]] and [[tradition]] is a prospective member of a [[religious order]] who is being tried and assessed for suitability of admission to a religious order of priests, religious brothers, or religious sisters, whether the community is one of [[monk]]s or has an [[apostolate]]. After initial contact with the community, and usually a period of time as a [[postulant]] (a period of candidacy in which the aspirant lives with the community), the person will be received as a novice in a ceremony that most often involves being clothed with the [[religious habit]] (traditional garb) of the particular religious community. The novice's habit is often slightly different from those of professed members of the order. For instance, in communities of women that wear a black [[veil]], novices often wear a white one, sometimes, for example among the [[Trappists]], also a white [[scapular]] instead of the black of the professed; among [[Franciscan]] communities of men, novices wear an additional shirt-like chest piece over the traditional Franciscan robe; [[Carthusian]] novices wear a dark cloak over the usual white habit; etc.

Novices are not admitted to [[religious vows|vows]] until they have successfully completed the prescribed period of training and proving, called the [[novitiate]]. This usually lasts at least one year, the minimum required by Canon Law, though in some orders and communities it is two. Novices typically have cells or a dormitory in separate areas within a [[monastery]] or community and are under the direct supervision of a [[novice master]] or novice mistress.