noun. A person new to a field or activity; a beginner.

noun. A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows.

noun. One who is new to the circumstances in which he or she is placed; a beginner in anything; an inexperienced or untried person.

noun. Specifically A monk or nun who has newly entered one of the orders, and is still in a state of probation, subject to the superior of the convent and the discipline of the house, but bound by no permanent monastic vows; a probationer. The term of probation differs in different religious communities, but is regularly at least one year.

Having the character of a beginner, or one new to the practice of anything; inexperienced; also, characteristic of or befitting a novice.

noun. In bench shows and other similar exhibitions, an animal which has not before been exhibited for a prize.

noun. In athletics, one who has not won a prize, when the competition is open to members of two or more clubs.

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

noun. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.

noun. One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.

adjective. Like a novice; becoming a novice.

noun. someone new to a field or activity

noun. someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

"The political novice is giving up his day job at Saint Giuseppe's Heavenly Pizza to come to Washington."

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