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   Ne·o·phyte

   /ˈnēəˌfīt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief: "four-day cooking classes are offered to neophytes and experts" Similar beginnerlearnernovicenewcomernew membernew entrantnew recruitraw recruitnew boy/girlinitiatetyrofledglingtraineeapprenticeprobationerinformal:rookienew kidnewbienewietenderfootgreenhornpunk
   • ▪ a new convert to a religion.
   • ▪ a novice in a religious order, or a newly ordained priest. Similar novicenovitiatepostulantproselytecatechumen

   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’.

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