NEOPHYTE in a Sentence

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For NEOPHYTE, below is one of 4 sentences:
That we, the neophytes, might have an excess of light shining upon us all at once, orders were given to let out Twenty Eight.

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 Meanings and Examples of NEOPHYTE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
neophyte
 n.  recent convert to a belief; one newly initiated
Classic Sentence:
1  She had the neophyte's shock of discovery that, outside of tracts, conservatives do not tremble and find no answer when an iconoclast turns on them, but retort with agility and confusing statistics.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  That we, the neophytes, might have an excess of light shining upon us all at once, orders were given to let out Twenty Eight.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
Example Sentence:
1  You have no right to preach to me, you neophyte, that have not passed the porch of life, and are absolutely unacquainted with its mysteries."
2  This mountain slope contains slides that will challenge anyone, either expert or neophyte.