Here in this room an old man had killed and boiled a catechumen, had committed sodomy with a rat, had discussed a rodent nunhood with V., a future saint – depending which story you listened to.
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Catechumen
//ˌkæt.əˈkju.mən//
Synonyms for "catechumen" (72 found)
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Related words (36)
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4 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- новопокръстен noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Catalan
2 entries- catecumen noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- catecúmena noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 慕道友 noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- 慕道者 noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- 望教的人 noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- 望教者 noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Danish
1 entries- katekumen noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Dutch
2 entries- catechumeen noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- doopleerling noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Esperanto
4 entries- katekumenino noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- katekumeno noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- kateĥumenino noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- kateĥumeno noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Finnish
1 entries- katekumeeni noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
French
1 entries- catéchumène noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
German
4 entries- Katechumene noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- Katechumenin noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- Taufbewerber noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- Taufbewerberin noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Ido
1 entries- katekumeno noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Indonesian
1 entries- katekumen noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Italian
2 entries- catecumena noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- catecumeno noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Japanese
2 entries- 求道者 noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- 洗礼志願者 noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Latin
2 entries- catēchūmena noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- catēchūmenus noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Macedonian
2 entries- катихумен noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- огласен noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- katekumen noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- katekumen noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Polish
2 entries- katechumen noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- katechumenka noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Portuguese
2 entries- catecúmena noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- catecúmeno noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Russian
2 entries- новообращённая noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- новообращённый noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Spanish
2 entries- catecúmena noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
- catecúmeno noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Swahili
1 entries- mkatekumeni noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
Swedish
1 entries- katekumen noun (convert to Christianity prior to baptism)
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