Catechism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkætɪˌkɪzəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Catechism is a noun meaning A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.
Meaning
A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.
More Meanings
- A basic manual in some subject.
- A set of questions designed to determine knowledge.
Example Sentences
Miss Taylor kept by his side, and resumed her catechism. “Is it a long time since you saw your friend?” “Just over seven years.”
Inscrutable His ways are, and immune To catechism by a mind too strewn With petty cares to slightly understand What awful brain compels His awful hand.
...the walls were covered with paper, whose original colour and pattern had long since merged in a dingy brown; over this were hung up some unframed drawings, and some shelves on which were ranged all the old school books, grammars, Pinnock's catechisms, and one or two French novels that had belonged to a former governess.
Word Forms
- catechisms
- categise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include catechesis, doctrine, dogma, credo, creed, tenets.
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