修しゅう練れん者しゃ

noun

neophyte (Catholic)

Specifically refers to a new convert or novice in the Catholic Church. Not a general term for a beginner.

• 彼かれは洗せん礼れいを受うけて、修しゅう練れん者しゃとして教きょう会かいに迎むかえられた。

  He was baptized and welcomed into the church as a neophyte.