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Catechetic :: Catechetic (a.) Alt. of Catechetica.

Catechetical :: Catechetical (a.) Relating to or consisting in, asking questions and receiving answers, according to the ancient manner of teaching..

Catechetically :: Catechetically (adv.) In a catechetical manner; by question and answer.

Catechetics :: Catechetics (n.) The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers.

Catechin :: Catechin (n.) One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin..

Catechisation :: Catechisation (n.) The act of catechising.

Catechise :: Catechise (v. t.) To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith..

Catechise :: Catechise (v. t.) To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct..

Catechised :: Catechised (imp. & p. p.) of Catechis.

Catechiser :: Catechiser (n.) One who catechises.

Catechising :: Catechising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catechis.

Catechism :: Catechism (n.) A form of instruction by means of questions and answers.

Catechism :: Catechism (n.) A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers..

Catechismal :: Catechismal (a.) Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechetical..

Catechist :: Catechist (n.) One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters..

Catechistic :: Catechistic (a.) Alt. of Catechistica.

Catechistical :: Catechistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a catechist or to a catechism.

Catechize :: Catechize (v. t.) See Catechise.

Catechu :: Catechu (n.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc..

Catechuic :: Catechuic (a.) Of or pertaining to catechu or its derivatives. See catechin.

Catechumen :: Catechumen (L. catechunenus, Gr. / instructed, from /. See) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church..

Catechumenate :: Catechumenate (n.) The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen.

Catechumenical :: Catechumenical (a.) Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenical instructions..

Catechumenist :: Catechumenist (n.) A catechumen.

Protocatechuic :: Protocatechuic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance from catechin, asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation itself yields pyrocatechin..

Pyrocatechin :: Pyrocatechin (n.) A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, of the phenol series, found in various plants; -- so called because first obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also catechol, oxyphenol. etc..