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noun (n)

• a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  neophyte
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913