[ˈniːə(ʊ)fʌɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who is new to a subject or activity
(e.g: four-day cooking classes are offered to neophytes and experts)

- a new convert to a religion


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek neophutos, literally ‘newly planted’ but first used in the sense ‘new convert’ by St Paul (1 Tim. 3:6), from neos ‘new’ + phuton ‘plant’