Novice

Definition of Novice

Nov´ice

n.	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.
	3.	(Eccl.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. - Chaucer.
a.	1.	Like a novice; becoming a novice.

Related Words

abbess, abecedarian, alphabetarian, articled clerk, baby, boot, canoness, catechumen, clergywoman, colt, conventual, cub, deb, debutant, entrant, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, lady superior, mother superior, neophyte, nestling, new boy, 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

Browse

Nouveau riche
Nova
Novaculite
Novatian
Novatianism
Novation
Novator
Novel
Novel assignment
Novelette
Novelism
Novelist
Novelize
Novelry
Novelty
November
Novenary
Novene
Novennial
Novercal
-Novice-
Noviceship
Novilunar
Novitiate
Novitious
Novity
Novosibirsk
Novum
Now
Now . . . now
Now and again
Now and now
Now and then
Now at erst
Now now
Nowadays
Noway
Nowch
Nowd
Nowed
Nowel

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2014 Webster-dictionary.net | Dictionary Home | Privacy Policy