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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Catechumen \Cat"e*chu`men\, n. [L. catechunenus Gr ? instructed, from ?. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: catechumen n : a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist [syn: {neophyte}]
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