catechism
Collocations
4ADJ.
cultural
VERB + CATECHISM
learn, memorizing, resumed
CATECHISM + NOUN
lord's
PREP.
about, from
Definitions
noun
A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.
A basic manual in some subject.
A set of questions designed to determine knowledge.
...the walls were covered with paper, whose original colour and pattern had long since merged in a dingy brown; over this were hung up some unframed drawings, and some shelves on which were ranged all the old school books, grammars, Pinnock's catechisms, and one or two French novels that had belonged to a former governess.
Inscrutable His ways are, and immune To catechism by a mind too strewn With petty cares to slightly understand What awful brain compels His awful hand.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6...the walls were covered with paper, whose original colour and pattern had long since merged in a dingy brown; over this were hung up some unframed drawings, and some shelves on which were ranged all
WiktionaryInscrutable His ways are, and immune To catechism by a mind too strewn With petty cares to slightly understand What awful brain compels His awful hand.
WiktionaryMiss Taylor kept by his side, and resumed her catechism. “Is it a long time since you saw your friend?” “Just over seven years.”
Wiktionary"I don’t care about that right now; I would rather (if you please) learn from my Catechism about the Lord's Day." "As you like."
Tatoeba · #7355938Do candidates have to display fealty to the party's cultural catechism?
Tatoeba · #8275460Tom and Mary were memorizing a catechism.
Tatoeba · #11644988