the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [adjective] > relating to catechism (4)
attributive or participial adj.
Of or pertaining to the office, teaching, or method of instruction of a catechist, or of the catechism he expounds; consisting of question and…
Resembling the method of instruction by questions and answers, as in the catechism; ‘consisting of questions and answers’ (Johnson).