catechumen

1. After his father's death he was sent to study rhetoric at Alexandria, being yet a catechumen, as it was the custom in Pisidia to delay baptism until a beard should appear.
   在他父亲去世，他被送往修辞研究在亚历山德里亚，正在尚未成为信徒，因为它是自定义的彼西底的安提阿拖延的洗礼，直到胡子应该会出现。

noun

1. a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist

   Synonym:    neophyte