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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">novices</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>initiates</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>novitiates</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>people by degree of qualification</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>novice</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ People who are unpracticed and newly admitted into some religious order, society, office, or position. For people newly admitted to an order or position, but without the connotation of necessarily being unpracticed, use "initiates."  ]]></note></mads>