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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Catechumen

· Cat·e·chu·men · IPA /ˌkæt.əˈkju.mən/
01 n. One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recogniz…
  1. 1.
    One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.(Eccl.)