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neophyte

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neophyte
1. a person newly converted to a religious faith
2. RC Church a novice in a religious order


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A neophyte might have fancied that the ripples passing over it were dreadfully like faint changes of expression on a sightless face; but Gaffer was no neophyte and had no fancies.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
But with all the ardour of a neophyte and the pride of an apt learner I was at that time a great nautical casuist.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Her whole soul was possessed by the fact that a fuller life was opening before her: she was a neophyte about to enter on a higher grade of initiation.
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