catechumen

catechumen has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• l. catechunenus, gr. / instructed, from /. see. One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.
• n.. a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist