'Novice' definitions:
Definition of 'novice'
From: WordNet
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]
Synonyms of 'novice'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbess,
- abecedarian,
- alphabetarian,
- amateur,
- apprentice,
- articled clerk,
- baby,
- beginner,
- boot,
- canoness,
- catechumen,
- clergywoman,
- colt,
- conventual,
- cub,
- deb,
- debutant,
- entrant,
- fledgling,
- freshman,
- greenhorn,
- greeny,
- ignoramus,
- inductee,
- infant,
- initiate,
- lady superior,
- learner,
- mother superior,
- neophyte,
- nestling,
- new boy,
- newcomer,
- novitiate,
- nun,
- postulant,
- prentice,
- prioress,
- probationer,
- probationist,
- proselyte,
- punk,
- raw recruit,
- recruit,
- religieuse,
- rookie,
- secular canoness,
- sister,
- student,
- superioress,
- tenderfoot,
- the reverend mother,
- trainee,
- tyro,
- undergraduate
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.