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catechumenal

catechumenal adjective: of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism.

Adjective

catechumenal (not comparable)

  1. Of 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 IV
    • 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 108

Questions about catechumenal

What does catechumenal mean?
Catechumenal means of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism.
What part of speech is catechumenal?
Catechumenal is an adjective.

Words near catechumenal in the dictionary

  1. catechreses
  2. catechresis
  3. catechu
  4. catechuic
  5. catechumen
  6. catechumenal
  7. catechumenate
  8. catechumenates
  9. catechumenical
  10. catechumenism
  11. catechumenist

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