(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.
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