catechumen
noun/ˌkæt.ɪˈkjuː.mɛn/UK/ˌkæt.əˈkju.mən/US
Etymology
From Middle English cathecumynys pl, from Middle French cathecumin (modern French catéchumène) or Ecclesiastical Latin catēchūmenus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).
- derived from κατηχούμενος
- derived from catēchūmenus
- derived from cathecumin
- inherited from cathecumynys
Definitions
A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism
A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.
- Here in this room an old man had killed and boiled a catechumen, had committed sodomy with a rat, had discussed a rodent nunhood with V., a future saint – depending which story you listened to.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for catechumen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA