catechetical
of or relating to catechesis.
pertaining to teaching by question and answer.
Origin of catechetical
1- Also cat·e·chet·ic [kat-i-ket-ik] /ˌkæt ɪˈkɛt ɪk/ .
Other words from catechetical
- cat·e·chet·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby catechetical
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How to use catechetical in a sentence
Its catechetical form, and the somewhat formal composure of its style, did not strike past readers as defects.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonThis they injected into their congregations and especially into the children who attended their catechetical instruction.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. OrthSomnolent invocation, less somnolent recognition, incipient excitation, catechetical interrogation.
Ulysses | James JoyceOn such a basis, moral education is inevitably reduced to some kind of catechetical instruction, or lessons about morals.
Democracy and Education | John DeweyDoes not the patrimony of my good wife endow me better than ten catechetical Professorships?
Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) | Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for catechetical
catechetic
/ (ˌkætɪˈkɛtɪkəl) /
of or relating to teaching by question and answer
Derived forms of catechetical
- catechetically, adverb
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