[ noun ] a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist <noun.person>
Catechumen \Cat"e*chu`men\, n. [L. catechumenus, Gr. kathchoy`menos instructed, from kathchei^n. See {Catechise}.] (Eccl.) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.