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Neocatechumenal

Neocatechumenal adjective: of or pertaining to the Neocatechumenal Way, a community-based Catholic movement founded in Madrid in 1964.

Adjective

Neocatechumenal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Neocatechumenal Way, a community-based Catholic movement founded in Madrid in 1964.
    • In short, the ritual life of a Neocatechumenal community consists of at least two liturgical events per week.2007, Goran Pavel Šantek, “Becoming Sacred: The Use of the Body in Identity Transformation”, in Senses and Religion, →ISBN, page 76

Origin of Neocatechumenal

Borrowed from Spanish Neocatecumenal, equivalent to neo- + catechumenal.

Questions about Neocatechumenal

What does Neocatechumenal mean?
Neocatechumenal means of or pertaining to the Neocatechumenal Way, a community-based Catholic movement founded in Madrid in 1964.
What part of speech is Neocatechumenal?
Neocatechumenal is an adjective.

Words near Neocatechumenal in the dictionary

  1. neocassette
  2. neocassettes
  3. neocatastrophism
  4. neocatastrophist
  5. neocatastrophists
  6. Neocatechumenal
  7. neocembrene
  8. Neocene
  9. neocentric
  10. neocentromere
  11. neocentromeres

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