"catechesis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: catecheses [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēsis, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|catēchēsis}} Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēsis, {{der|en|grc|κατήχησις}} Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|catecheses}} catechesis (countable and uncountable, plural catecheses)
  1. Religious instruction given orally to catechumens. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity, Roman Catholicism Related terms: catechetics, catechise, catechism, catechist, catechize, catechumen Translations (religious instruction): 教理講授 (Chinese Mandarin), 教理讲授 (jiàolǐ jiǎngshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), catechese [feminine] (Dutch), kateĥizo (Esperanto), katekizo (Esperanto), catéchèse [feminine] (French), catequese [feminine] (Galician), Katechese [feminine] (German), katekézis (Hungarian), katekese (Indonesian), katecheza [feminine] (Polish), catequese [feminine] (Portuguese), cateheză [feminine] (Romanian), катехи́зис (katɛxízis) [masculine] (Russian), catequesis [feminine] (Spanish), katekesi (Swahili), katekesis (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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