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Definition of Catechist
1. Noun. One who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism).
Definition of Catechist
1. n. One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.
Definition of Catechist
1. Noun. (Christianity) One who practices catechesis, i.e., catechizes catechumens; a teacher who instructs students in the doctrines of a particular Christian denomination typically in preparation for confirmation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catechist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catechist
Literary usage of Catechist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East by Church Missionary Society (1828)
"IONARY, in the preceding List, is to be understood one who has been admitted to
rs—by TEACHER, one who, not having been Ordained, engages, as a catechist, ..."
2. Gairloch in North-west Ross-shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and by John Henry Dixon (1886)
"TWO of the older bards of Gairloch deserve a chapter to themselves. William Mackenzie,
the Gairloch and Loch Broom catechist, was commonly called " An ..."
3. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"SOME disagreement having arisen between a person employed as catechist, at the
Establishment for the Aborigines, on Flinders Island, and the officers there, ..."
4. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"1st is commonly used as the person who r—äs catechist, ... Catechism,— that which
the catechist teaches. Dogmatism,—that which the dogmatist practises ..."
5. The Works of the Rev. Joseph Bingham by Joseph Bingham (1855)
"Sometimes a presbyter, or a deacon, or a reader, was the catechist ; and in that
case it seems more probable that the exorcism of the catechumens was ..."
6. A Cyclopedia of Missions: Containing a Comprehensive View of Missionary by Harvey Newcomb (1855)
"These fruits were the more remarkable, as this station did not enjoy the labors
of a missionary, but was under the care of a native catechist, ..."
7. The History of Christianity in India: From the Commencement of the Christian Era by James Hough (1845)
"... observing, that he also would send his children to School were it not for our
non-distinction of caste. I was glad to see that catechist ..."
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