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catechumen

/kat-i-kyoo-muhn/US // ˌkæt ɪˈkyu mən //UK // (ˌkætɪˈkjuːmɛn) //

慕道者,慕道友,慕道者们,慕道士

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
    • : a person being taught the elementary facts, principles, etc., of any subject.

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Examples

  • And this much, we believe, should be demanded of each catechumen before he is admitted to the rite of confirmation.

  • The missionary found no one who did not give a high encomium to the young catechumen.

  • Onesimus had not been baptised with them, though he had learnt something of Christianity as a young catechumen.

  • In the opinion of prominent theologians, a mere catechumen can, under certain circumstances, be a member of the Church.

  • The grey-haired patriarch laid his hand upon the new catechumen's head, and the dying God looked in benediction upon them all.