| Catechu | n. [ See Cashoo. ] (Chem.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc. Ure. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Catechuic | a. Of or pertaining to catechu or its derivatives. See catechin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Catechumen | 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 ] |
| Catechumenate | n. The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Catechumenical | a. Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenical instructions. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Catechumenist | n. A catechumen. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Protocatechuic | a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance from catechin, asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation itself yields pyrocatechin. [ 1913 Webster ] |