catechetical

American  

[kat-i-ket-i-kuhl] / ˌkæt ɪˈkɛt ɪ kəl /

Also catechetic

adjective

1. of or relating to catechesis.

2. pertaining to teaching by question and answer.

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catechetical British  

/ ˌkætɪˈkɛtɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to teaching by question and answer

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Other Word Forms

• catechetically adverb

Etymology

Origin of catechetical

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

Example Sentences

They involve dedicated space, children-led prayer and wooden tools and toys that are intended to be “tactile and beautiful,” according to Sister Joan Curtin, director of the catechetical office of the Archdiocese of New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2015

Last week 5,000 Catholics gathered in Hartford, Conn, for the Confraternity's Catechetical Congress � so called because catechetical is the adjectival form of catechism, which means teaching.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two months ago, however, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith concluded that Christ Among Us "was unsuitable as a catechetical text" and could not be made otherwise even with "substantial revisions."

From Time Magazine Archive

He boycotted the Dutch church's official catechetical institute and its counseling center for troubled priests and nuns.

From Time Magazine Archive

The acquisition of this arcanum was regarded as the most essential element in the catechetical discipline, and marked off its possessors from the rest of the world.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various