catechetical

[ kat-i-ket-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to catechesis.
2. pertaining to teaching by question and answer.

catechetical

/ ˌkætɪˈkɛtɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to teaching by question and answer

Derived Forms

• ˌcateˈchetically, adverb

Other Words From

• cat·e·chet·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of catechetical¹

1610–20; < late Medieval Latin catēchētic ( us ) (< Greek katēchē- ( catechesis ) + Medieval Latin -ticus -tic ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Its catechetical form, and the somewhat formal composure of its style, did not strike past readers as defects.

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This they injected into their congregations and especially into the children who attended their catechetical instruction.

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Somnolent invocation, less somnolent recognition, incipient excitation, catechetical interrogation.

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On such a basis, moral education is inevitably reduced to some kind of catechetical instruction, or lessons about morals.

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Does not the patrimony of my good wife endow me better than ten Catechetical Professorships?

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