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Novice Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Novice? [n] someone new to a field or activity [n] someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows Synonyms \| Synonyms for Novice: beginner \| initiate \| novitiate \| tiro \| tyro Related Terms \| Find terms related to Novice: abbess \| abecedarian \| alphabetarian \| amateur \| apprentice \| articled clerk \| baby \| beginner \| boot \| canoness \| catechumen \| clergywoman \| colt \| conventual \| cub \| deb \| debutant \| entrant \| fledgling \| freshman \| greenhorn \| greeny \| ignoramus \| inductee \| infant \| initiate \| lady superior \| learner \| mother superior \| neophyte \| nestling \| new boy \| newcomer \| novitiate \| nun \| postulant \| prentice \| prioress \| probationer \| probationist \| proselyte \| punk \| raw recruit \| recruit \| religieuse \| rookie \| secular canoness \| sister \| student \| superioress \| tenderfoot \| the reverend mother \| trainee \| tyro \| undergraduate See Also \| abecedarian \| apprentice \| cub \| entrant \| fledgeling \| fledgling \| freshman \| greenhorn \| landlubber \| landsman \| learner \| lubber \| neophyte \| newcomer \| prentice \| religionist \| religious person \| rookie \| starter \| tenderfoot \| trainee \| unskilled person Novice In Webster's Dictionary \Nov"ice\, n. [F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from novus new. See {New}, and cf. {Novitious}.] 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. \Nov"ice\, a. Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]

Novice Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Novice?

[n] someone new to a field or activity
[n] someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

Novice In Webster's Dictionary

\Nov"ice\, n. [F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from
novus new. See {New}, and cf. {Novitious}.]
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.


\Nov"ice\, a.
Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]

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