Căt'e-chū'men, n.
(-kū'men), n. [Lat. catechumenus, Gr. κατηχούμενος, instructed, from κατηχεῖν, to instruct. See CATECHISE.] (Eccl.) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte.
(-kū'men), n. [Lat. catechumenus, Gr. κατηχούμενος, instructed, from κατηχεῖν, to instruct. See CATECHISE.] (Eccl.) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte.