 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
catechumen
noun: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by
a catechist [syn: {neophyte}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Catechumen \Cat"e*chu'men\, noun [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 recognized as a Christian, and admitted to
instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in
the church.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "catechumen":
Christian, God-fearing man, abecedarian, accepter, alphabetarian,
apprentice, articled clerk, baby, beginner, believer, boot,
brother, church member, churchgoer, churchite, churchman,
churchwoman, communicant, convert, daily communicant, deb,
debutant, devotee, devotionalist, disciple, entrant, fanatic,
fledgling, follower, freshman, good Christian, greenhorn, greeny,
ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, laic, lay brother,
lay sister, layman, laywoman, learner, neophyte, nestling, new boy,
newcomer, novice, novitiate, parishioner, pietist, postulant,
probationer, probationist, proselyte, raw recruit, receiver,
recruit, religionist, rookie, saint, secular, sister, tenderfoot,
theist, trainee, truster, tyro, votary, zealot
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