Catechumen Definition

kătĭ-kyo͝omən
catechumens
noun
catechumens
One who is being taught the principles of Christianity.
American Heritage
A person, esp. an adult, receiving instruction in the fundamentals of Christianity before baptism or confirmation.
Webster's New World
A person receiving instruction in the fundamentals of any subject.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
catechumen
Plural:
catechumens

Origin of Catechumen

  • From Old French catéchumène or ecclesiastical Latin catechumenus, from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoumenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkheō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (kata, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhē, “sound”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English cathecumine from Old French catechumene from Latin catēchūmenus from Greek katēkhoumenos present passive participle of katēkhein to instruct catechize

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Catechumen Sentence Examples

  • In early manhood he entered the cloister as a catechumen, receiving baptism about 370.

  • When ten years old he became a catechumen, and at fifteen he reluctantly entered the army.

  • He also begins the rite of baptism by blowing in the catechumen's face.

  • The prostrations of the credens before the Perfect were in their manner and import identical with the prostrations of the catechumen before the exorcist.

  • Just as at the third scrutiny the early catechumen passed a last examination in the Gospels, Creed and Lord's Prayer, so after their year of abstinence the credens receives creed and prayer; the allocution with which the elder "handed on" this prayer is preserved, and of it the Abbe Guiraud remarks that, if it were not in a Cathar ritual, one might believe it to be of Catholic origin.

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