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catechist

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[kat-i-kist] / ˈkæt ɪ kɪst /

noun

  1. a person who catechizes.

  2. Ecclesiastical. a person appointed to instruct catechumens in the principles of religion as a preparation for baptism.

Other Word Forms

  • catechistic adjective
  • catechistical adjective
  • catechistically adverb
  • noncatechistic adjective
  • noncatechistical adjective

Etymology

Origin of catechist

1555–65; < Late Latin catēchista < Greek katēchistḗs, equivalent to katēch ( eîn ) to teach by word of mouth, originally to din down, i.e. to get results by shouting ( kat- cata- + ēcheîn to sound) + istēs -ist

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