English edit

Etymology edit

catechumen +‎ -ist

Noun edit

catechumenist (plural catechumenists)

  1. A catechumen.
    • 1628, Thomas Morton, The Grand Imposture of the (now) Church of Rome manifested in this one Article of the new Romane Creede:
      Hence their forenamed authors assume, that the children of the faithfull dying without baptisme, may be thought to receive the baptisme of the Spirit, as well as those catechumenists spoken of []