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catechetical definition

cat·echeti·cal (kat′ə ket′i kəl)

adjective

  1. of, like, or conforming to catechesis or a catechism
  2. consisting of, or teaching by the method of, questions and answers

Etymology: Gr(Ec) katēchētikos < Gr katēchētēs, instructor < katēchein, to instruct by word of mouth (in N.T., instruct in religion) < kata-, thoroughly + ēchein, to sound: for IE base see echo

Also catechetic cat′·echet′ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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