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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'catechumen' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions catechumen noun  a convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young Christian preparing for confirmation 1963: Here in this room an old man had killed and boiled a , had committed sodomy with a rat, had discussed a rodent nunhood with V., a future saint " depending which story you listened to. " w:Thomas Pynchon, Thomas Pynchon, V. Etymology: From Old French catéchumène or ecclesiastical Latin catechumenus, from Greek "being instructed", present participle passive of "sound through, instruct orally" (catechise), from â + "sound".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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