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Synonyms for novices
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nov-is |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒv ɪs |
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Définition of novices
Origin :- mid-14c., "probationer in a religious order," from Old French novice "beginner" (12c.), from Medieval Latin novicius, noun use of Latin novicius "newly imported, newly arrived, inexperienced" (of slaves), from novus "new" (see new). Meaning "inexperienced person" is attested from early 15c.
- noun person just learning something
- "It would, perchance, be best that the novices be not admitted," suggested the master.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Excuse me for insinuating by this expression, that there may yet be amongst you some novices.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- They, I know right well, when matched with us, will prove but novices in war.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- They were superbly muscular and used to the dragging efforts of novices.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- She is Mistress of the Novices, and seldom comes where I am.
- Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
- Two novices who are anxious to be introduced to the mystic order?
- Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting
- “There are in some of the cells; but such are not allowed to novices,” was the answer.
- Extract from : « Clara Maynard » by W.H.G. Kingston
- “Harvest is an inappreciable quantity, especially to novices,” he said.
- Extract from : « The Carbonels » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Perhaps it is just as well, for we are novices at nurturing even yet!
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
- She has some knowledge of scripture, she says, but barely enough to instruct the novices.
- Extract from : « Woman under Monasticism » by Lina Eckenstein
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