Obs. [f. as CATECHUMEN + -IST.] = CATECHUMEN.
1629. Lynde, Via Tuta, 155. Holy bread giuen to the Catechumenists.
1650. S. Clarke, Eccl. Hist., I. (1654), 113. They took Ambrose (who was but a Catechumenist) and baptized him.
1651. H. L’Estrange, Smectymnuo-mastix, 13. Let us pray earnestly for the catechymenists.
