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CATECHESIS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("catechesis" is a kind of...):
instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the profession of a teacher)
Derivation:
catechetic; catechetical (of or relating to or involving catechesis)