(Christianity) A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.
(botany) A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).
“As for the future, Washington offers the professional neophyte only his best wishes and a bit of advice he got from his own dad years ago.”
“Back in 1962, Hunthausen went off a neophyte to Rome having barely had time to read the voluminous documents written in Latin for the bishops' deliberations.”
“There's no greater feeling for a neophyte author than having an unpublished writer look up to you as a mentor.”
