catechetical

[ kat-i-ket-i-kuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

catechetical

/ ˌkætɪˈkɛtɪkəl /

1610–20; < late Medieval Latin catēchētic ( us ) (< Greek katēchē- ( catechesis ) + Medieval Latin -ticus -tic ) + -al ¹

Its catechetical form, and the somewhat formal composure of its style, did not strike past readers as defects.

This they injected into their congregations and especially into the children who attended their catechetical instruction.

Somnolent invocation, less somnolent recognition, incipient excitation, catechetical interrogation.

On such a basis, moral education is inevitably reduced to some kind of catechetical instruction, or lessons about morals.

Does not the patrimony of my good wife endow me better than ten Catechetical Professorships?

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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