adj like a novice; becoming a novice.
2. novice ·noun one who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
3. novice ·noun one newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the christian faith.
4. novice ·noun one who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.