NOV'ICE, n. L. from new.

1. One who is new in any business one unacquainted or unskilled one in the rudiments a beginner.

I am young, a novice in the trade.

2. One that has entered a religious house but has not taken the vow a probationer.
3. One newly planted in the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. 1 Timothy 3 .