NOVICE Nov"ice, n. Etym: [F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from novus new. See New, and cf. Novitious.]
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.
NOVICE
Nov"ice, a.
Defn: Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]
NOVICESHIP
Nov"ice*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a novice; novitiate.
NOVILUNAR
No`vi*lu"nar, a. Etym: [L. novus new + luna the moon.]