catechist
[ kat-i-kist ]
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noun
a person who catechizes.
Ecclesiastical. a person appointed to instruct catechumens in the principles of religion as a preparation for baptism.
Origin of catechist
1Other words from catechist
- cat·e·chis·tic, cat·e·chis·ti·cal, adjective
- cat·e·chis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- non·cat·e·chis·tic, adjective
- non·cat·e·chis·ti·cal, adjective
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How to use catechist in a sentence
I shall have to lay myself open to such a catechist, and I am not sure that I am prepared to do it.'
North and South | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellJuffrouw Laps arose; and the catechist van der Gracht with his son walked into the room.
Walter Pieterse | MultatuliHenley once described Stevenson as something of the sensualist, and something of the Shorter catechist.
The Book of This and That | Robert LyndA clever catechist made him an imposing-stone out of two boulders of basalt found in a river-bed hard by.
The Long White Cloud | William Pember Reeves"I know no sic-like name in this countryside, sir," and the catechist looked disappointed.
Huntingtower | John Buchan
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