'Novice' definitions:

Definition of 'novice'

(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows [syn: novitiate, novice]
noun
Someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate]

Definition of 'Novice'

From: GCIDE
  • Novice \Nov"ice\, a. Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Novice'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. --1 Tim. iii. 6. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Novice, TX -- U.S. city in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.

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