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catechist
[ kat-i-kist ]
noun
- a person who catechizes.
- Ecclesiastical. a person appointed to instruct catechumens in the principles of religion as a preparation for baptism.
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Other Words From
- cate·chistic cate·chisti·cal adjective
- cate·chisti·cal·ly adverb
- noncat·e·chistic adjective
- noncat·e·chisti·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catechist1
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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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