noun, masculine/kateˈkumeno/plural: catecúmenos
catechumen
Related: catecumenado
Learned borrowing from Late Latin catēchūmenus, from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to sound through, instruct orally”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound, noise”).