novice

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1. novice - Noun

2. novice - Adjective

Meaning

One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.

One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.

One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.

Like a novice; becoming a novice.

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What has become clear is that Britain cannot trust the Conservatives to run the economy. Everyone knows that I'm all in favour of apprenticeships, but let me tell you this is no time for a novice. Gordon Brown

Exhibitionism is like a drug. Hooked in adolescence I was now taking doses so massive they would have killed a novice. Quentin Crisp

A man begins every stage of his life as a novice. Nicolas Chamfort

For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point. Frank Shorter

Consideration should be shown to a novice. Latin Proverb

He who has been first a novice and then an abbot, knows what the boys do behind the altar. Spanish Proverb

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