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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•e•chism /ˈkætɪˌkɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. - Religion
- Religion[countable] a book containing a summary of the principles of a subject in the form of questions and answers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•e•chism (kat′i kiz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Religion[Eccles.]
- Religionan elementary book containing a summary of the principles of the Christian religion, esp. as maintained by a particular church, in the form of questions and answers.
- Religionthe contents of such a book.
- Religiona similar book of instruction in other subjects.
- Governmenta series of formal questions put, as to political candidates, to bring out their views.
- catechetical instruction.
- Late Latin catēchismus apparently equivalent. to catēch(izāre) to catechize + -ismus -ism
- 1495–1505
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: catechism /ˈkætɪˌkɪzəm/ n - instruction by a series of questions and answers, esp a book containing such instruction on the religious doctrine of a Christian Church
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin catēchismus, ultimately from Greek katēkhizein to catechizeˌcateˈchismal adj |