catechetical

[ kat-i-ket-i-kuhl ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to catechesis.

  2. pertaining to teaching by question and answer.

Origin of catechetical

1
1610–20; <late Medieval Latin catēchētic(us) (<Greek katēchē- (see catechesis) + Medieval Latin -ticus-tic) + -al1
  • 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. Overton
  • This they injected into their congregations and especially into the children who attended their catechetical instruction.

    Our Foreigners | Samuel P. Orth
  • Somnolent invocation, less somnolent recognition, incipient excitation, catechetical interrogation.

    Ulysses | James Joyce
  • 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?

British Dictionary definitions for catechetical

catechetical

catechetic

/ (ˌkætɪˈkɛtɪkəl) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to teaching by question and answer

Derived forms of catechetical

  • catechetically, adverb

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