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catechumen|kætɪˈkjuːmən|
Also in 7 catechumene, -eumen; in L. form 6 cathecuminus; pl. 6–7 catechumeni, -ini, 7 -any; also 5 cathecumynys, 7 catechumenies.
[ad. F. catechumène, ad. L. catēchūmen-us, a. Gr. κατηχούµενος ‘one being instructed (in the rudiments of religion)’, pr. pple. passive of κατηχεῖν: see catechesis. The Latin word was long retained: the modern form, first found after 1600, was not universal till about 1700; the irregular pl. in -ys, -ies occurs in 15th and 17th c.]
1. A new convert under instruction before baptism. Used in reference to the ancient church and in modern missionary churches. Sometimes applied to young Christians generally, and especially to those preparing for the rite of confirmation.
14..Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 77 (MS. O.) Rather þan to baptise barnes þat ben cathecumynys [v.r. catekumeling]. 1502Ord. Crysten Men i. i. (W. de W. 1506) 9 And they that duely were cathecuminus, yt is to saye instructe of the artycles of y⊇ fayth. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 246 Theie sate amonge the Cathecumeni. c1615Lives Women-Saints (1886) 31 A Catechumene, or learner of the faith. c1630Jackson Creed iv. ii. vii, One of their catechumenies. 1642J. Ball Answ. to Can. I. 133 Thus they make their catechumine. 1651Life of Colet in Fuller's Abel Rediv. 100 One is for your Catechumany. 1662Gunning Lent Fast 106 Catechumens or Competentes. 1667Decay Chr. Piety ix. 303 What brief and plain instructions S. Peter gives his catechumeni. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Wks. 1721 III. 384 He faithful care of Catechumens took. 1837J. H. Newman Par. Serm. (1842) VI. xii. 186 Thousands..who are not baptized, yet are virtually catechumens. 1878M. E. Herbert tr. Hübner's Ramble II. vi. 348 He boldly presented himself, with two catechumens, at the court of the Mikado.
attrib.1887Contemp. Rev. May 727 Driblets of religious teaching in catechumen classes and Sunday-schools.
2. transf. One who is being initiated in any set of opinions, science, art, etc.
a1751Bolingbroke Let. Windham (T.) The same language is still held to the catechumens in Jacobitism. |