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In ecclesiology , a catechumen (; via Latin catechumenus from Greek κατηχούμενος katēkhoumenos , "one being instructed", from κατά kata , "down" and ἦχος ēkhos , "sound") is a person receiving instruction from a catechist in the principles of the Christian ...
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n. A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young Christian preparing for confirmation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"new convert," 15c., from French catéchumène , from Church Latin catechumenus , from Greek katekhoumenos "one being instructed," passive present participle of katekhein (see catechesis ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Catechumen \Cat"e*chu`men\, n. [L. catechumenus, Gr. kathchoy`menos instructed, from kathchei^n. See Catechise .] (Eccl.) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially ...
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n. a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist [syn: neophyte ]
Usage examples of catechumen.
His master, on the other hand, scrutinized the murals carefully, and blessed his companions with a running commentary on the Mission of Art, replete with many citations from the ancients, the essential thrust of which was that Paul Gauphin was an arrant alphabetarian, a nugatory neophyte, a coarse catechumen, a posturing parvenu who thought to conceal his blatant ignorance of the classic methods of proportion, line, perspective and portraiture by his extravagant colorism, the which was nothing but a maneuver to dupe his patrons by passing off crudity as primitivism.
When the services and prayers were ended, the Catechumens and spectators all withdrew.
While still a catechumen at the Obtrank Normalcy I made a mark with the purity of my logic.
In this stage of their progress they were called catechumens, of whom, according to Suicer, there were two classes,-one called ‘Audientes,’ who had only entered upon their course, and begun to hear the word of God.
When the catechumens had given full proof of the ripeness of their knowledge, and of the stedfastness of their faith, they were baptized, admitted to the table of the Lord, and styled Fideles.
Pusey in a note remarks, was delivered orally to the catechumens to commit it to memory, and by them delivered back, i.
It was only as competentes, and ready for baptism, that the catechumens were taught the Lord’s Prayer and the Creed.
On the vigil of Easter, the solemn administration of baptism was rudely interrupted by the soldiers, who alarmed the modesty of the naked catechumens, and violated, by their presence, the awful mysteries of the Christian worship.
From the very first catechumens were exorcised as a preparation for the Sacrament of Baptism.