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Definition of: novice
(nov′is) noun
1. A beginner in any business or occupation; an untried or inexperienced person; tyro.
2. Eccl. a One who enters a religious house or community on probation. b One who has been recently converted.
3. In competitive games, etc., a person or animal entered in a class in which he or it has not already won an award. [<F <L novicus new <novus]
—nov′ice·hood (-h
d) noun
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