novicen.[F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from novus new. See New, and cf. Novitious.]1. One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.()I am young; a novice in the trade. (Dryden.)2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.(1 Tim. iii. 6.)3. (Eccl.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.(Shipley.)No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. (Chaucer.)a. Like a novice; becoming a novice.()