Catechetics

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Religious teaching, especially that given to children before confirmation. uncountable
  2. 2
    The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers. archaic, uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηχητικός (katēkhētikós), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “catechize”).

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