NOVICE

novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate

(noun) someone new to a field or activity

novitiate, novice

(noun) someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

novice (plural novices)

A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject. [from 14th c.]

(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. [from 14th c.]

Synonyms

• (person new to an activity): amateur, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newbie, newling

• See also beginner

Anagrams

• nocive

Source: Wiktionary

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Nov"ice, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Definition: Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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