• Novice

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈnÉ’vɪs/

    Origin

    From Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, from Latin novīcius, later novitius ("new, newly arrived") (in Late Latin as a noun, novicius, masculine, novicia ("feminine, one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent")), from novus ("new").

    Full definition of novice

    Noun

    novice

    (plural novices)
    1. A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject. from 14th c.I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers wouldn't make.
    2. (religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. from 14th c.
      • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137:Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead ....

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