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Didache

/ ˈdɪdəˌkiː /

noun

  1. a treatise, perhaps of the 1st or early 2nd century ad , on Christian morality and practices Also calledthe Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Didache1

C19: from Greek, literally: a teaching, from didaskein to teach
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Example Sentences

There can be little doubt that the Didache was used as a manual for catechumens for several centuries.

Then, the right of adding to the prescribed forms is restricted to the prophets, as in the Didache.

This passage, when compared with the Didache, sheds light on another point.

(Didache X., 'ημιν δε εχαρισω, δεσποτα, πνευματικην τροφην και ποτον και ζωην αιωνιον δια του παιδος σου).

But that the prophets altogether were in danger of being secularised is shewn in Didache XI.

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