Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Novice \Nov"ice\, a.
   Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]

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.

            I am young; a novice in the trade.    --Dryden.

   2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted
      to the Christian faith. --1 Tim. iii. 6.

   3. (Eccl.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks
      or nuns, as a probationist. --Shipley.

            No poore cloisterer, nor no novys.    --Chaucer.

Source : WordNet®

novice
     n 1: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken
          final vows [syn: {novitiate}]
     2: someone new to a field or activity [syn: {beginner}, {tyro},
         {tiro}, {initiate}]