nĕŏphўtus

a, um, adj.
I. newly planted; of newly converted Christians, as subst., nĕ-ŏphўtus, i, m., a neophyte, Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 4; Inscr. Orell. 2527; Vulg. 1 Tim. 3, 6.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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