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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•e•chu•men (kat′i kyo̅o̅′mən),USA pronunciation n. - Religion[Eccles.]a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- Religiona person being taught the elementary facts, principles, etc., of any subject.
- Late Latin, as above
- Middle French cathecumine
- 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
- Late Latin catēchūmenus
- 1325–75
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