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cat·echism (katə 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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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