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Webster 1913 Edition

(kăt′ē̍-kĭst)

Noun.

[L.

catechista

, fr. Gr.]

One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.

Noun.

One who instructs viva voice, or by question and answer; a catechiser; one appointed by the church to instruct in the principles of religion.