·adj Like a novice; becoming a novice.
II. Novice ·noun One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
III. Novice ·noun One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.
IV. Novice ·noun One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.