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catechism Definition

cat·echism (kat′ə kiz′əm)

noun

  1. a handbook of questions and answers for teaching the principles of a religion
  2. any similar handbook for teaching the fundamentals of a subject
  3. a formal series of questions; close questioning
  4. Obsolete catechesis

Etymology: LL(Ec) catechismus < Gr katēchismos < katēchizein, to catechize < katēchein: see catechetical

catechism Related Forms
cat′·echis′·mal adjective cat′·echis′·tic (-kis′tik) adjective or cat′·echis′·ti·cal
catechism Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • teach: They are taught the Catechism, and are directed to attend Divine Service.
  • learn: Build a round house where the children can meet to learn catechism.
  • read: Nothing that is said here by us is intended to substitute for reading the Catechism.
  • publish: The Mystery of Freemasonry, a spurious catechism published on 15 August in the Daily Journal referred to two degrees.
  • know: In six running columns spread out over each two-page opening, Green provides the basic information concerning all the catechisms known to him.
  • call: In the lower classes I studied from a book written in Panjabi which was called a catechism.

Adjective modifier

  • short: Reads very badly but answers fairly the questions in the short catechism: otherwise very ignorant.
  • new: The Blessed Trinity would also be the central theme of the new Catechism which was to come later.
  • Catholic: The wonderful dogma created by divine instruction has not deserted us, for it remains in the Catholic catechism.
  • large: Series of articles in the Echo, possibly lives of local M.P.s and possibly larger Political Catechism.
  • small: The most fundamental of these are the Augsburg Confession and Luther's Small Catechism.
  • early: The first question we had memorized from our early catechism had been Why were you created?

Modifies a noun

  • class: All children above the age of five were enrolled in special catechism classes.

Noun used with modifier

  • church: Children to be taken in between the age of 8 and 11 and be taught to read the church catechism morning and evening.
  • penny: John Elliott, this simple catechism, in question and answer format, is a modern alternative to the ever popular penny catechism.

Possessives

  • child: One children's catechism puts it like this, asking the question: ' What is prayer?

Preposition: of

  • reformation: The catechisms of the Reformation used this prayer to teach people how to pray.
  • church: He helped to draft a new catechism of the church to instruct parish clergy.

Preposition: for

    catechism Quotes

       esta¤   dema¤  s decirte que a esta altura no creo en predicadores ni en generales ni en las nalgas de miss universo ni en el arrepentimiento de los verdugos ni en el catecismo del confort ni en el flaco perdo¤  n de dios. It's not useless to tell you that, at this stage, I don't believe in preachers or generals or in Miss Universe's buttocks or in the executioner's repentance or in the catechism of comfort or in God's slim forgiving.

    —Benedetti, Mario