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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
novice
    n 1: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken
         final vows [syn: novitiate, novice]
    2: someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice,
       beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Novice \Nov"ice\, a.
   Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Novice \Nov"ice\, n. [F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from
   novus new. See New, and cf. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

            I am young; a novice in the trade.    --Dryden.
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   2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted
      to the Christian faith. --1 Tim. iii. 6.
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   3. (Eccl.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks
      or nuns, as a probationist. --Shipley.
      [1913 Webster]

            No poore cloisterer, nor no novys.    --Chaucer.
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4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Novice, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    142
   Housing Units (2000): 65
   Land area (2000):     0.451929 sq. miles (1.170491 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.451929 sq. miles (1.170491 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            52668
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             31.988664 N, 99.625334 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     79538
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Novice, TX
    Novice


Thesaurus Results for Novice:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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