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catechumenism

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cat⋅e⋅chu⋅men

  [kat-i-kyoo-muhn]
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–noun
1. Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
2. a person being taught the elementary facts, principles, etc., of any subject.
Origin:
1325–75; < LL catēchūmenus < Gk katēchoúmenos (one who is) being taught orally, equiv. to katēche-, s. of katēcheîn to teach orally (see catechist ) + -omenos middle prp. suffix; r. ME cathecumyn < MF cathecumine < LL, as above

Related forms:
cat⋅e⋅chu⋅me⋅nal, cat⋅e⋅chu⋅men⋅i⋅cal  [kat-i-kyoo-men-i-kuhl] , adjective
cat⋅e⋅chu⋅men⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
cat⋅e⋅chu⋅me⋅nate  [kat-i-kyoo-muh-neyt, -nit] , noun
cat⋅e⋅chu⋅men⋅ism, noun
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