catechism
English
Alternative forms
- categise (eye dialect, archaic, rare)
Etymology
From 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
- IPA(key): /ˈkætɪˌkɪzəm/
Noun
catechism (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 1000392275, 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
- 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.
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Usage notes
- Not to be confused with cataclysm.
Related terms
- catechesis
- catechist
- catechistic
- catechize
- catechumen
Translations
book summarizing the principles of Christianity
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set of questions
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Further reading
- catechism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- catechism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- schematic
Romanian
Noun
catechism n (plural catechisme)
- Obsolete form of catehism.
Declension
Declension of catechism
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
References
- catechism in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN