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catechumen

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
23
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌkæt.ɪˈkjuː.mɛn/ (UK)
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/ˌkæt.ɪˈkjuː.mɛn/ (UK) · /ˌkæt.əˈkju.mən/ (US)

Definition of catechumen

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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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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”).

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