novice

A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.

• I'm only a novice at coding, so my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.

A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.

• Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […]

Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.