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catechetics

catechetics noun: religious teaching, especially that given to children before confirmation.

Noun

catechetics (uncountable)

  1. Religious teaching, especially that given to children before confirmation.
  2. (archaic) The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers.

Origin of catechetics

Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηχητικός (katēkhētikós), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “catechize”).

Questions about catechetics

What does catechetics mean?
Catechetics means religious teaching, especially that given to children before confirmation.
What part of speech is catechetics?
Catechetics is a noun.

Words near catechetics in the dictionary

  1. catechesis
  2. catechetic
  3. catechetical
  4. catechetically
  5. catechetick
  6. catechetics
  7. catechical
  8. catechin
  9. catechine
  10. catechines
  11. catechinic

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