catechetics

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηχητικός (katēkhētikós), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “catechize”). === Noun === catechetics (uncountable) Religious teaching, especially that given to children before confirmation. (education, archaic) The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers. ==== Related terms ==== catechism ==== Translations ==== === References === “catechetics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.