(1):

(n.) One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.

(2):

(n.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.

(3):

(a.) Like a novice; becoming a novice.

(4):

(n.) One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.