novice

A person new to a field or activity; a beginner.

A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows.

One who is new to the circumstances in which he or she is placed; a beginner in anything; an inexperienced or untried person.

Specifically A monk or nun who has newly entered one of the orders, and is still in a state of probation, subject to the superior of the convent and the discipline of the house, but bound by no permanent monastic vows; a probationer. The term of probation differs in different religious communities, but is regularly at least one year.

Having the character of a beginner, or one new to the practice of anything; inexperienced; also, characteristic of or befitting a novice.

In bench shows and other similar exhibitions, an animal which has not before been exhibited for a prize.

In athletics, one who has not won a prize, when the competition is open to members of two or more clubs.

One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.

One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.

One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.