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catechetic, a. and n.|kætɪˈkɛtɪk|
Also 7–8 -tick.
[ad. L. catēchētic-us, a. Gr. κατηχητικ-ός, f. κατηχητ-ής oral instructor: deriv. as prec.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to catechesis; according to the manner of a catechism. See catechetical 1 and 2.
1661Fell Dr. Hammond (R.) In the catechetick institution of the youth of his parish. a1672Wood Life (1848) 243 note, Of such sort a Catechetic Lecture must be. 1702Addison Evid. Chr. Relig. (1727) 302 In the year 202 the great Origen was appointed Regent of the Catechetick School in Alexandria. 1718Hickes & Nelson J. Kettlewell ii. i. 65 Catechetick Lectures upon the Creed. 1858Bushnell Serm. New Life 181 Catechetic orthodoxy.
B. n. mostly pl. catechetics. That part of Christian theology which treats of catechesis.
1849J. Brown J. Fisher ii. 16 He answered his catechetics and chronological questions on the last half of the 10th century. 1882W. Blaikie Minist. of Word 296 Ample treatises on Homiletics, Liturgics, Catechetics and Poimenics. 1882–3Schaff Relig. Encycl. 417 Catechetics..corresponds to catechesis, as theory to practice.
b. Catechetic writings or treatises. (Gr. κατηχητικά.)
1849W. Fitzgerald tr. Whitaker's Disput. 596 Cyril of Jerusalem..in his Catechetics. |