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Pronunciation : Nov"ice
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from novus new. See New, and cf. Novitious.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. Shipley. No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Nov"ice
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913