1. (n.) A beginner; a newcomer\; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.

2. (n.) One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.

3. (n.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.

4. (a.) Like a novice; becoming a novice.

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