Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of a catechumen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen.
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- noun The state or condition of a
catechumen ; the time during which one is a catechumen.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Well, maybe the post-Vatican II catechemunal rites can serve as a general outline for crafting a traditional Catholic catechumenate process, but only as a general outline --- in specific details it would have to be changed a great deal so it would have a strong Catholic ethos.
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Teaching adult catechumenate, I know that it is common for people raised Roman Catholic and people raised Anglican to react with surprise to instruction about the Trinity.
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About the year 300, those desirous of being baptized were (a) admitted to the catechumenate, giving in their names to the bishop. (b) They were subjected to a scrutiny and prepared, as to-day in the western churches the young are prepared for confirmation.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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These two rites really begin the catechumenate or period of instruction in the faith and discipline of the church.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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In some churches they had worn cowls during the catechumenate, in sign of repentance of their sins. (j)
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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In each centre there is a school, and in many of the dependent stations there is catechumenate under the immediate supervision of local catechists and the elders of the respective communities.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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There are other signs of early date: the simplicity of the baptismal rite, which is apparently neither preceded by exorcisms nor by formal admission to the catechumenate; the simplicity of the Eucharist, in comparison with the elaborate quasi-Eucharistic prayer in Clem.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Jesuit Fathers conduct the Leo XIII High School for boys, with an average daily attendance of 380, an orphanage with 16 orphans; a catechumenate with 5 catechumens, a printing office; an industrial school.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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School with catechumenate at Maryabad, with seventy-five children, and a lunatic asylum for females at Lahore.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Sacred Heart, Dalhousie, with forty-six pupils; and St. Vincent's convent dispensary, school, and catechumenate at Khushpur — two under the Franciscan Nuns of the Propagation of the Faith, namely, Convent
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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