| 单词 | catechumen |
| 释义 | catechumen —catechumenal, catechumenical /kat'i kyooh men"i keuhl/, adj. —catechumenically, adv. —catechumenate /kat'i kyooh"meuh nayt', -nit/, n. —catechumenism, n. /kat'i kyooh"meuhn/, n. 1. Eccles. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte. 2. a person being taught the elementary facts, principles, etc., of any subject. [1325-75; < LL catechumenus < Gk katechoúmenos (one who is) being taught orally, equiv. to kateche-, s. of katecheîn to teach orally (see CATECHIST) + -omenos middle prp. suffix; r. ME cathecumyn < MF cathecumine < LL, as above] |
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