catechumen
Example Sentences
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Later, recounting his fruitless sessions with his hopeless catechumen, Father Mowbray tells the matriarch how he tried to explain to Mottram the concept of papal infallibility:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Thereupon she called her brother to her, and that catechumen, and spoke to them, saying: Stand fast in the faith, and love you all one another; and be not offended because of our passion.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Born of heathen parents, he turned to Christ and became a catechumen.
From Time Magazine Archive
A long and tedious course of preparation was required of the candidate before his eligibility was admitted; during this time he was known as a catechumen, or novice in training.
From The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History by Talmage, James Edward
They were used principally in baptism, and were long kept secret from the catechumen until just before that rite was administered.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
