Novice \Nov"ice\, n. [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.
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I am young; a novice in the trade. --Dryden.
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2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted
to the Christian faith. --1 Tim. iii. 6.
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3. (Eccl.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks
or nuns, as a probationist. --Shipley.
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No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Novice \Nov"ice\, a.
Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
novice
n 1: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken
final vows [syn: novitiate]
2: someone new to a field or activity [syn: beginner, tyro,
tiro, initiate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "novice":
abbess, abecedarian, alphabetarian, amateur, apprentice,
articled clerk, baby, beginner, boot, canoness, catechumen,
clergywoman, colt, conventual, cub, deb, debutant, entrant,
fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, inductee,
infant, initiate, lady superior, learner, mother superior,
neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novitiate, nun, postulant,
prentice, prioress, probationer, probationist, proselyte, punk,
raw recruit, recruit, religieuse, rookie, secular canoness, sister,
student, superioress, tenderfoot, the reverend mother, trainee,
tyro, undergraduate
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Novice, TX (city, FIPS 52668)
Location: 31.98746 N, 99.62494 W
Population (1990): 183 (101 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 79538
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Novice, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 142
Housing Units (2000): 65
Land area (2000): 0.451929 sq. miles (1.170491 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.451929 sq. miles (1.170491 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52668
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.988664 N, 99.625334 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79538
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Novice, TX
Novice
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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