neophyte -(noun) [NEE-ah-fiet']
Means:
1. a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist
2. any new participant in some activity: "As a neophyte, I just want to make it down the mountain without falling."
3. a religious novice
Origin:
Approximately 1400; from Middle English, 'neophite'; borrowed from Late Latin, 'neophytus'; from Greek, 'neophytos': literally, newly planted ('neos': new + '-phytos': planted, from 'phyein': to cause to grow, to beget).
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