Definition of Catechistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism. "The catechistic method"

Exact synonyms: Catechetic
Partainyms: Catechism, Catechism
Derivative terms: Catechism

Definition of Catechistic

1. a. Of or pertaining to a catechist or to a catechism.

Definition of Catechistic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to a catechism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Catechistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catechistic

catechin
catechine
catechines
catechinic acid
catechins
catechise
catechised
catechiser
catechisers
catechises
catechising
catechism
catechismal
catechisms
catechist
catechistic (current term)
catechistical
catechists
catechization
catechizations
catechize
catechized
catechizer
catechizers
catechizes
catechizing
catechol
catechol o-methyltransferase
catechol oestrogen
catechol oxidase

Literary usage of Catechistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The formation of Christendom by Thomas William Allies (1875)
"Its other division consisted in the catechistic instruction. Such doctrine as that of S. Paul's above was distributed into a series of short statements and ..."

2. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1857)
"... tuni et catechistic • propositum." An edition of it was published as late as the year 1758, and it was a text book in Harvard College till ..."

3. Harvard Essays on Classical Subjects by Herbert Weir Smyth (1912)
"The catechistic schools of Alexandria were filled with those who sought to escape from the world, while at the same time the number of those who endeavored ..."

4. The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and by Andrew Kippis, William Godwin, George Robinson (1809)
"Vet Mr. Landmann has hitherto given u i> nothing but elementary books, many of them, indeed, in the catechistic schoolboy form of question and answer ..."

5. The Redirection of High-school Instruction by Herbert Galen Lull (1921)
"The stint method, combined with the ordinary schoolroom catechistic method, tends to deaden intellectual alertness. The rate of speed in pursuing a subject ..."

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