catechist

[ kat-i-kist ]

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 Words From

• cate·chistic cate·chisti·cal adjective
• cate·chisti·cal·ly adverb
• noncat·e·chistic adjective
• noncat·e·chisti·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of catechist¹

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

Example Sentences

I shall have to lay myself open to such a catechist, and I am not sure that I am prepared to do it.'

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Juffrouw Laps arose; and the catechist van der Gracht with his son walked into the room.

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Henley once described Stevenson as something of the sensualist, and something of the Shorter Catechist.

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A clever catechist made him an imposing-stone out of two boulders of basalt found in a river-bed hard by.

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"I know no sic-like name in this countryside, sir," and the catechist looked disappointed.

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