Catechumenal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism. not-comparable

    "[…] and they that are to be ordained successively kneeling, one by one, before him, he anoints, with the catechumenal oil, both the hands, joined together, of each one, in the form of a cross, […]"

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"[…] and they that are to be ordained successively kneeling, one by one, before him, he anoints, with the catechumenal oil, both the hands, joined together, of each one, in the form of a cross, […]"

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