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Religious instruction given orally to catechumens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: teaching, instruction, pedagogy
Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēsis, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
教理講授 /教理讲授
(jiàolǐ jiǎngshòu)
— religious instruction
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Dutch:
catechese
— religious instruction
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Esperanto:
kateĥizo
— religious instruction
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Esperanto:
katekizo
— religious instruction
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French:
catéchèse
— religious instruction
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Galician:
catequese
— religious instruction
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German:
Katechese
— religious instruction
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Hungarian:
katekézis
— religious instruction
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Indonesian:
katekese
— religious instruction
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Pali:
sutamaya
— religious instruction
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Polish:
katecheza
— religious instruction
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Portuguese:
catequese
— religious instruction
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Romanian:
cateheză
— religious instruction
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Russian:
катехи́зис
(katɛxízis)
— religious instruction
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Spanish:
catequesis
— religious instruction
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Swahili:
katekesi
— religious instruction
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Tagalog:
katekesis
— religious instruction