catechumenical, a.
(ˌkætɪkjuːˈmɛnɪkəl)
[f. as prec. + -ical.]
Of or pertaining to catechumens.
| 1790 J. Courtenay Philos. Reflect. 19 Have not these catechumenical lectures been translated into all languages? 1836 G. S. Faber Prim. Doct. Elect. (1842) 155 The whole of his catechumenical and post-catechumenical instruction. |
Hence catechuˈmenically adv.
| 1840 G. S. Faber Prim. Doct. Regen. 198 The Living Word of Truth delivered to him catechumenically. |