catechist

1555–65; <Late Latin catēchista<Greek katēchistḗs, equivalent to katēch(eîn) to teach by word of mouth, originally to din down, i.e. to get results by shouting (kat-cata- + ēcheîn to sound) + istēs-ist

OTHER WORDS FROM catechist

cat·e·chis·tic, cat·e·chis·ti·cal, adjectivecat·e·chis·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·cat·e·chis·tic, adjectivenon·cat·e·chis·ti·cal, adjective

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cate, catechesis, catechetical, catechin, catechism, catechist, catechize, catechol, catecholamine, catechu, catechumen

Example sentences from the Web for catechist

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 Gaskell
Juffrouw Laps arose; and the catechist van der Gracht with his son walked into the room.
Walter Pieterse|Multatuli
Henley once described Stevenson as something of the sensualist, and something of the Shorter Catechist.
The Book of This and That|Robert Lynd
A 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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