catechesis

From Ancient Greek κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).

catechesis (plural catecheses)

1. Religious instruction given orally to catechumens.

• catechises

From Ancient Greek κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “sound through, instruct orally, catechise”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.teːˈkʰeː.sis/, [ka.teːˈkʰeː.sɪs]

catēchēsis f (genitive catēchēsis); third declension

1. catechesis

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

• Spanish: catequesis

• catechesis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catechesis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• catechesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette