Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism.
[…] 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, […]
1851, Richard Paul Blakeney, A manual of Romish controversy: a complete refutation of the Creed of pope Pius IV2 more examples
After which, the celebrant pours catechumenal oil into the water, in the form of a cross, saying, in an audible voice): Be this font sanctified and made prolific by the oil of salvation to those that are to be born of the same unto eternal life.
1876, Wolfred Nelson Cote, The Archaeology of Baptism, page 108Nothing in their experience substituted for the work of the Christian family, so Christian leaders quickly perceived the need to organize catechumenal schools to prepare converts for the sacrament of baptism.
1991, Edward J. Power, A Legacy of Learning: A History of Western Education, page 95
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Translations
French catéchuménal
- catéchuménalof or pertaining to a catechumen
Italian catecumenale
- catecumenaleof or pertaining to a catechumen
Spanish catecumenal
- catecumenalof or pertaining to a catechumen
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