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catechumen

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌkæt.ɪˈkjuː.mɛn/Part of speech nounSorted acceehmntuStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist

Word origin

From Middle English cathecumynys pl, from Middle French cathecumin (modern French catéchumène) or Ecclesiastical Latin catēchūmenus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).

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  • Here in this room an old man had killed and boiled a catechumen, had committed sodomy with a rat, had discussed a rodent nunhood with V., a future saint – depending which story you listened to.

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