Neophyte

Neophyte (Gr. neophutos, from neos, 'new,' and phuo, 'I grow'), the name given in early ecclesiastical language to persons recently converted to Christianity. The word is used in this sense by St Paul (1 Tim. iii. 6). The name neophyte is also applied in Roman usage to newly-ordained priests, and sometimes, though more rarely, to the novices of a religious order.