catechism
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin catechismus, from Ancient Greek *κατηχισμός (*katēkhismós), from κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to catechize”), a later extended form of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to catechize, instruct, teach by word of mouth”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “to sound, resound”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcatechism (plural catechisms)
- A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.
- A basic manual in some subject.
- A set of questions designed to determine knowledge.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 43:
- ...the walls were covered with paper, whose original colour and pattern had long since merged in a dingy brown; over this were hung up some unframed drawings, and some shelves on which were ranged all the old school books, grammars, Pinnock's catechisms, and one or two French novels that had belonged to a former governess.
- 1925, Countee Cullen, Yet Do I Marvel[1]:
- Inscrutable His ways are, and immune
To catechism by a mind too strewn
With petty cares to slightly understand
What awful brain compels His awful hand.
Usage notes
edit- Not to be confused with cataclysm.
Derived terms
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editTranslations
editbook summarizing the principles of Christianity
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Further reading
edit- “catechism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “catechism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editRomanian
editNoun
editcatechism n (plural catechisme)
Declension
editDeclension of catechism
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) catechism | catechismul | (niște) catechisme | catechismele |
genitive/dative | (unui) catechism | catechismului | (unor) catechisme | catechismelor |
vocative | catechismule | catechismelor |
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