neophyte

neophyte
   This word is now normally used of one who has recently been converted to a church or religious body. It has the more general meaning of someone who is new to any particular activity, and therefore lacking in experience. Ben Jonson uses the word vocatively in this general sense in Every Man Out of Humour: ‘Away, neophyte, do as I bid thee.’ In The Poetaster he has: ‘He tells thee true, my noble neophyte.’ Charlotte Brontë, in Jane Eyre, has Mr Rochester say to Jane: ‘You have no right to preach to me, you neophyte, that have not passed the porch of life, and are absolutely unacquainted with its mysteries.’

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  • néophyte — [ neɔfit ] n. et adj. • néofite 1495; rare av. XVIIe; lat. ecclés. neophytus, gr. neophutos, proprt « nouvellement planté » 1 ♦ Hist. relig. Dans l Église primitive, Personne nouvellement convertie au christianisme. Personne récemment convertie… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Neophyte — • A term used of those who, lately converted from heathenism, have by the sacrament of Baptism, been transplanted into the higher life of the Church. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Neophyte     Neophyte …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • Neophyte — Ne o*phyte (n[=e] [ o]*f[imac]t), n. [L. neophytis, Gr. neo fytos, prop., newly planted; ne os new + fyto s grown, fyto n that which has grown, a plant, fr. fy ein to grow: cf. F. n[ e]ophyte. See {New}, and {Be}.] 1. A new convert or proselyte;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • neophyte — I noun abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, beginner, catechumen, debutant, entrant, fledgling, freshman, learner, newcomer, novice, prentice, pupil, student, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro II index amateur, novice, probationer (one being tested) Burto …   Law dictionary

  • neophyte — (n.) new convert, 1550s, from Eccles. L. neophytus, from Gk. neophytos a new convert, noun use of adjective meaning newly initiated, newly converted, lit. newly planted, from neos new (see NEW (Cf. new)) + phytos grown; planted, verbal adjective… …   Etymology dictionary

  • neophyte — *novice, novitiate, probationer, postulant, apprentice …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • neophyte — [n] beginner abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, colt*, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, new boy/girl, newcomer, new kid on the block*, novice, recruit, rookie*, tenderfoot*, trainee, tyro*; concepts 423,424 …   New thesaurus

  • neophyte — ► NOUN 1) a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief. 2) a novice in a religious order, or a newly ordained priest. ORIGIN from Greek neophutos newly planted …   English terms dictionary

  • neophyte — [nē′ō fīt΄, nē′əfīt΄] n. [LL(Ec) neophytus < Gr neophytos, newly planted (in 1 Tim. 3:6, a new convert) < neos, NEW + phytos < phyein, to produce, grow: see BONDAGE] 1. a new convert 2. one just beginning a new kind of life, work, etc.;… …   English World dictionary

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