catechumen

catechumen
    n 1: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity
         by a catechist [syn: {catechumen}, {neophyte}]
    

Catechumen \Cat"e*chu`men\, n. [L. catechumenus, Gr.
   kathchoy`menos instructed, from kathchei^n. See {Catechise}.]
   (Eccl.)
   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.
   [1913 Webster]
    

70 Moby Thesaurus words for "catechumen":
      Christian, God-fearing man, abecedarian, accepter, alphabetarian,
      apprentice, articled clerk, baby, beginner, believer, boot,
      brother, church member, churchgoer, churchite, churchman,
      churchwoman, communicant, convert, daily communicant, deb,
      debutant, devotee, devotionalist, disciple, entrant, fanatic,
      fledgling, follower, freshman, good Christian, greenhorn, greeny,
      ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, laic, lay brother,
      lay sister, layman, laywoman, learner, neophyte, nestling, new boy,
      newcomer, novice, novitiate, parishioner, pietist, postulant,
      probationer, probationist, proselyte, raw recruit, receiver,
      recruit, religionist, rookie, saint, secular, sister, tenderfoot,
      theist, trainee, truster, tyro, votary, zealot