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a boy who is being brought up to be a monk.
Appositive, as nun-novice, nun-portress, nun-princess, nun-sister, etc.
A person who has entered a religious order and is under probation or trial before taking the required vows; a candidate for admission into a…
A novice in a religious order.
In specific uses. A novice in a religious house or order. Later also (chiefly U.S.): a person who has joined a church on a probationary basis and is…