Thesaurus: novice

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1. n. One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.
2. n. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.
3. n. One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
4. a. Like a novice; becoming a novice.
5. n. someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
6. n. someone new to a field or activity
7. 1. One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. I am young; a novice in the trade. Dryden. 2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. 1 Tim. iii. 6. 3. (Eccl.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. Shipley. No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. Chaucer. Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]
8. One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, asa probationist. Shipley.No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. Chaucer.
9. n:100 n. someone new to a field or activity