Nōv'ice, n.
n. [Fr. novice, Pr. novici, Sp. novicio, It. novizio, from Lat. novicius, novitius, new, from novus, new.]
Sense 1. One who is new in any business; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner.
I am young; a novice in the trade. Dryden.
Sense 2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. 1 Tim. iii. 6.
Sense 3. [Eccl.] One that has entered a religious house, as a convent or nunnery, but has not taken the vow; a probationer. Shak.