Catechumenal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Catechumenal is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism.
Example Sentences
[…] 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, […]
Nothing 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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include catechumenical, catechetic, catechistical, catechetical, catechistic, catechical.
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