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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catechumen \Cat"e*chu`men\, n. [L. catechunenus Gr ?
instructed, from ?. See {Catechise}.] (Eccl.)
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
catechumen
n : a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by
a catechist [syn: {neophyte}]
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