neophyte
noun /ˈniːəfaɪt/
/ˈniːəfaɪt/
(formal)- a person who has recently started an activity
- The site gives neophytes the chance to learn from experts.
- a person who has recently changed to a new religion
- a person who has recently become a priest or recently entered a religious order
Word Originlate Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek neophutos, literally ‘newly planted’ but first used in the sense ‘new convert’ by St Paul in the Bible (1 Tim. 3:6), from neos ‘new’ + phuton ‘plant’.