NEOPHYTE


Meaning of NEOPHYTE in English

/ ˈniːəfaɪt; NAmE / noun ( formal )

1.

a person who has recently started an activity :

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2.

a person who has recently changed to a new religion

3.

a person who has recently become a priest or recently entered a religious order

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek neophutos , literally newly planted but first used in the sense new convert by St Paul (1 Tim. 3:6), from neos new + phuton plant.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.