catechumen

noun

Definition of catechumennext
as in novice

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  1. novice
  2. newcomer
  3. recruit
  4. novitiate
Noun
  • Sheehy has been a staunch supporter of former President Trump and made that central to his campaign as a political novice.
    The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
  • John Mayer, a relative Dead novice at the time, took on the difficult role of fronting Dead & Company alongside guitarist Bob Weir, drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, bassist Oteil Burbridge, and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of novice
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  • Expansion draft criticisms American sports leagues have long used expansion drafts as a means to competitive balance for their newcomers.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Germann joins an ensemble that also includes the returning Neve Campbell, who stars across the franchise as final girl Sidney Prescott, as well as newcomers Isabel May and Celeste O’Connor.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of newcomer
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  • In the British West Indies, officials decided that Black recruits were the only viable solution to defend the colonies against the French, who occupied numerous neighboring territories in the Caribbean.
    Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The former five-star recruit has been a true two-way player for coach Deion Sanders, getting first-team reps at wide receiver and cornerback.
    Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of recruit
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  • There was another case involving 2024’s Immaculate and The First Omen, and both films deal with two young American novitiates whose bodily autonomy is forcibly taken away in the most disturbing ways imaginable.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2024
  • In a retreat focused on the Virgin Mary held one month before the group was to enter the novitiate, the Mistress of Postulants told them that the 10 months of the postulancy are like the months of pregnancy—that the postulants were, in a very real spiritual sense, gestating Jesus in their wombs.
    Rebecca J. Lester, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
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