catechumen

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  1. noun One who is being taught the principles of Christianity.
  2. noun One who is being instructed in a subject at an elementary level.

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  • From your affectionate and grateful catechumen, E.B.B. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
  • The catechumen was not satisfied, but he put up with it for lack of anything better. —  Saint Augustin
  • Doubtless he was a very lukewarm catechumen, since at intervals he inclined to scepticism. —  Saint Augustin
  • Very surely St. Ambrose had no notion of what the catechumen was thinking. —  Saint Augustin
  • Also, the oils used to celebrate the sacraments are blessed: the oil for the catechumen, the oil for the sick and the holy chrism. —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
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  1. Middle English cathecumine, from Old French catechumene, from Latin catēchūmenus, from Greek katēkhoumenos, present passive participle of katēkhein, to instruct; see catechize.

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  1. (Cf. Middle English catecumeling, simulating cumeling, a comer) = French catéchumène = Spanish catecúmeno = Portuguese catechumeno = Italian catecumeno, from Late Latin catechumenus, from Greek κατηχούμενος, one instructed, present participle passive of κατηχεῑν, instruct: see catechize.
 

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/kætəˈkjumɛn/
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