Catechesis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Religious instruction given orally to catechumens. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) wordnet

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catechectics

Etymology

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

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