Catechumen [noun]

Definition of Catechumen:

person who receives education

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Sentence/Example of Catechumen:

And this much, we believe, should be demanded of each catechumen before he is admitted to the rite of confirmation.

The missionary found no one who did not give a high encomium to the young catechumen.

Onesimus had not been baptised with them, though he had learnt something of Christianity as a young catechumen.

In the opinion of prominent theologians, a mere catechumen can, under certain circumstances, be a member of the Church.

The grey-haired patriarch laid his hand upon the new catechumen's head, and the dying God looked in benediction upon them all.

The father questioned his young catechumen, and found her in a state of the most perfect ignorance.