catechist
nounEtymology See catechize.
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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.
- Now he was not only a lay reader but a pastor’s warden although Umuaro did not have a pastor as yet, only a catechist.1965, Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God, Penguin Classics (2010), pages 48-49:
- Derived terms
- catechistic
- Related terms
- catechesis, catechetics, catechise, catechism, catechization, catechisation, catechize