catechumenate

English

Etymology

catechumen +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkætɪˈkjuːməneɪt/, /ˌkætɪˈkjuːmənət/

Noun

catechumenate (plural catechumenates)

1. The state or condition of a catechumen; the time during which one is a catechumen.
2. A group of catechumens; the building for such a group (clarification of this definition is needed).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “catechumenate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)