catechumen
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Thereupon she called her brother to her, and that catechumen, and spoke to them, saying: Stand fast in the faith, and love you all one another; and be not offended because of our passion.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Born of heathen parents, he turned to Christ and became a catechumen.
From Time Magazine Archive
A catechumen was a person who desired instruction in the new faith with a view to baptism and admission into the Church.
From History of Education by Seeley, Levi
And then He turned to the angels, and He said: "Martin, yet a catechumen, hath clothed Me with this garment."
From Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light by Barclay, Vera C. (Vera Charlesworth)
They were used principally in baptism, and were long kept secret from the catechumen until just before that rite was administered.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
