Novice
Novice , noun
[French, from Latin novicius, novitius, new, from novus new. See New, and compare 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.
I am young; a novice in the trade.
2.
One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. — 1 Tim. iii. 6
3.
(Ecclesiastical) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. — Shipley
No poore cloisterer, nor no novys.
Novice , adjective
Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obsolete]