Novice

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.

Noun	1.	novice - someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows Synonyms: novitiate
	2.	novice - someone new to a field or activity Synonyms: beginner, initiate, tiro, tyro

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