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plural novices
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject. examples
(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. quotations examples
Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […]
1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137