Novice
Novice noun - A person who is just starting out in a field of activity.
Both words in one sentence
- At the end of Measure for Measure, the Duke proposes to Isabella, a novice in a religious order.
Source: Maybe Ever After -
The guards may not smith on a daily basis but several religious texts found in-game make it clear that someone cannot progress from being a novice of the order without proving their skill in blacksmithing and stonemasonry.
Source: The Blacksmith - Naughty Nuns: Ellen had shades of this when she was a novice, justified by the fact she was forced by her father to join the nunnery and she hadn't any religious vocation After having met Jack's father, she leaves the monastery with him.
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