catechismal
- a word derived from catechism.
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Back in Pittsburgh last week, Fathers Rice and Hensler busied themselves lecturing, answering catechismal questions such as: Is the present economic and social system a good one?
From Time Magazine Archive
It may designate the act of instructing, the subject-matter or the doctrine imparted, a summary thereof, the text of the traditional chief parts, or a book containing the catechismal doctrine, text, or text with explanation.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
Indeed, of this catechismal number the oldest was but fifteen years of age, and the youngest a nursing babe of six months.
From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith
He is met straightway with an array of the old catechismal formulas, clearly stated, well argued, but brushing athwart his mind like a dusty wind.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
Indeed, with regard to both Testaments, I consider oral and catechismal instruction as the preparative provided by Christ himself in the establishment of a visible Church.
From Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit and Some Miscellaneous Pieces by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
