NOV'ICE, noun [Latin 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 3:6.
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