| 单词 | catechumen |
| 释义 | catechumen[ kat-i-kyoo-muhn ] / ˌkæt ɪˈkyu mən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR catechumen ON THESAURUS.COM nounEcclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte. a person being taught the elementary facts, principles, etc., of any subject. Origin of catechumen1325–75; <Late Latin catēchūmenus<Greek katēchoúmenos (one who is) being taught orally, equivalent to katēche-, stem of katēcheîn to teach orally (see catechist) + -omenos middle present participle suffix; replacing Middle English cathecumyn<Middle French cathecumine<Late Latin, as above OTHER WORDS FROM catechumencat·e·chu·me·nal, cat·e·chu·men·i·cal [kat-i-kyoo-men-i-kuhl], /ˌkæt ɪ kyuˈmɛn ɪ kəl/, adjectivecat·e·chu·men·i·cal·ly, adverbcat·e·chu·me·nate [kat-i-kyoo-muh-neyt, -nit], /ˌkæt ɪˈkyu məˌneɪt, -nɪt/, nouncat·e·chu·men·ism, nounWords nearby catechumencatechist, catechize, catechol, catecholamine, catechu, catechumen, categorematic, categorial, categorial grammar, categorical, categorical imperative Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for catechumencatechumen / (ˌkætɪˈkjuːmɛn) / nounChristianity a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism Derived forms of catechumencatechumenal or catechumenical (ˌkætəkjʊˈmɛnɪkəl), adjectivecatechumenate, nouncatechumenism, nounWord Origin for catechumenC15: via Old French, from Late Latin, from Greek katēkhoumenos one being instructed verbally, from katēkhein; see catechize Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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