catechumen

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I determined therefore so long to be a Catechumen in the Catholic Church, to which I had been commended by my parents, till something certain should dawn upon me, whither I might steer my course.

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)

Catechumen though he was, the old temper would often flash out still.

From Life of Saint Monica by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)

—The fifth Commandment, Trim,—said Yorick, speaking mildly, and with a gentle nod, as to a modest Catechumen.

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence

Catechumen classes for the instruction and edification of the young are held by catechists. 

From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

But in my mother's breast Thou hadst already begun Thy temple, and the foundation of Thy holy habitation, whereas my father was as yet but a Catechumen, and that but recently.

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)