Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NOV'ICE, n. [Fr. from L. novitius, from novus, 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. Dryden.
2. One that has entered a religious house, but has not taken the vow; a probationer. Shak.
3. One newly planted in the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. I Tim. iii.