catechumen

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkæt.ɪˈkjuː.mɛn/    美 /ˌkæt.əˈkju.mən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.
    — Here in this room an old man had killed and boiled a catechumen, had committed sodomy with a rat, had discussed a rodent nunhood with V., a future saint – depending which story you listened to.

词形变化

catechumens plural

词源

From Middle English cathecumynys pl, from Middle French cathecumin (modern French catéchumène) or Ecclesiastical Latin catēchūmenus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).
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