Catechumen

Definition: Catechumen

Catechumen

Noun

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

Etymology: Catechumen \Cat"e*chu`men\, noun. [Latin expression catechunenus, Greek instructed. See Catechise.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Catechumen [kat'y-kumen]. One taught by word of mouth (Greek, katechoumenos). Those about to be baptised in the early Church were first taught by word of mouth, and then catechised on their religious faith and duties. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonym: Catechumen

Synonym: neophyte (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Laity	Layman, civilian; parishioner, catechumen; secularist.
Learner	Recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer; seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner; debutant.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Catechumen

English words defined with "catechumen": Audient ♦ Catechumenate, Catechumenist. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Catechumen (reference) (more book examples) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Language		Translations for "catechumen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		fillestar (apprentice, beginner, departure, elementary, freshman, incipient, infantile, initial, learner, neophyte, novice, preliminary, prime, primitive, primordial, radical, recruit, rookie, tiro, youngling), anëtar i ri (recruit). (various references)

Arabic		‏المتنصر. (various references)

Bulgarian		катехумен, новак (acolyte, apprentice, cub, fresher, freshman, greener, infant, mug, neophyte, novice, tiro, tyro, youngster). (various references)

French		catéchumène. (various references)

German		Neuling (beginner, greenhorn, neophyte, new face, newcomer, novice, novitiate, rookie, tyro). (various references)

Greek		κατηχούμενοσ. (various references)

Hungarian		katekizmus-tanuló. (various references)

Italian		catecumeno. (various references)

Manx		ynseydagh Creestee. (various references)

Pig Latin		atechumencay

Portuguese		catecúmeno, noviço (fresh, fret, greener, incipient user, neophyte, novice, novitiate, probative, tiro, tyro, unfleshed). (various references)

Russian		новообращенный (convert, neophyte, novice, proselyte), начинающий (beginner, first-timer, novice). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		katehumenski. (various references)

Spanish		catecúmeno (convert to christianity), de catecúmeno. (various references)

Turkish		din eğitimi gören kimse, acemi (apprentice, beginner, bungler, callow, clumsy, colt, cub, dabster, green, greenhorn, guiltless, half-baked, inept, inexperienced, inexperienced hand, inexpert, jackaroo, johnny-come-lately, learner, neophyte, new, novice, Prentice, punk, raw, recruit, runnynose, simple, stooge, strange, stranger, sucking, tenderfoot, tiro, trainee, tyro, unbaked, unfledged, unseasoned, unskilled, untrained, unversed, young, young in one's job). (various references)

Ukranian		новонавернений (convert, converted, neophyte, novice), новий учасник організації, неофіт (neophyte, novice, proselyte). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	audiens, audiensque, audiente, audientem, audientes, audienti, audientibus, indictoaudientes. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "catechumen": catechumens. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Catechumen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: catechumin. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-h-m-n-t-u"
	-2 letters: atheneum.
	-3 letters: catechu, cementa, chutnee, cuneate, machete, manchet, methane, unteach.
	-4 letters: accent, acetum, achene, acumen, anthem, cachet, caecum, cement, centum, cetane, chance, chaunt, ethane, heaume, hetman, humane, humate, manche, menace, nautch, nuchae, tenace, thecae, thence, unmeet, untame.
	-5 letters: acute, ament, cache, catch, cecum, centu, chant, cheat, chute, cutch, eaten, enact, enate, enema, hance, haunt.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-h-m-n-t-u"
	+1 letter: catechumens.
	+2 letters: accouchement.
	+3 letters: accouchements.
	+4 letters: countermarched, countermarches.
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