English Explanatory Dictionary

catechesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Religious instruction given orally to catechumens.

Word forms

catechesis catecheses

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēsis, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”).

Related words

catechetics catechise catechism catechist catechize catechumen
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