Get to know Catechism better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like interrogation or examination.
Catechism meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Catechism
Using Catechism
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: interrogation, examination, interrogatory, book.
- In the example corpus, catechism often appears in combinations such as: the catechism, catechism of, catholic catechism.
Context around Catechism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Catechism
- In this selection, "catechism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, catholic, teaching, third, teachers, lessons and fails stand out and add context to how "catechism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the catechism of the and canceled all catechism classes and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "catechism" sits close to words such as abducting, accentuate and accomplishes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with catechism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Did we all study the same Catechism of the Catholic Church? (11 words)
His mother taught him the catechism, Catholic songs and how to pray. (12 words)
The lesson of the Mueller hearing is that this last pillar of the Republican catechism is now abandoned. (18 words)
Waterbury, who is married to Chris, a Central Valley Ag employee, said she never taught in Elgin, though was a Girl Scout leader and taught CCD (Catholic Catechism) at Elgin’s St. Boniface church. (34 words)
The third catechism, or Enchiridion, consists of 132 pages of text, and is a translation of Luther's Small Catechism by a German cleric called Abel Will, with his Prussian assistant Paul Megott. (33 words)
Why men still suffer the devastating when all they are doing is “rendering the unjust aggressor unable to do harm” is beyond me—and a question the Catechism fails to address. (31 words)
Did we all study the same Catechism of the Catholic Church? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
During the Holy Mass the Catechism Teachers were called upon to renew the vows and commit themselves to the wonderful ministry of teaching Catechism.
The third catechism, or Enchiridion, consists of 132 pages of text, and is a translation of Luther's Small Catechism by a German cleric called Abel Will, with his Prussian assistant Paul Megott.
He was taking catechism lessons in the hopes of becoming a baptized Catholic, but he was neither baptized nor confirmed.
In August 2018, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a new draft of the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s paragraph regarding capital punishment.
One current example: our export of the “woke” catechism, which doesn’t translate ideologically to other corners of the world.
There is no Constitution, few strictly drawn borders, no unifying creed from shore to shore, no catechism of freedom.
Waterbury, who is married to Chris, a Central Valley Ag employee, said she never taught in Elgin, though was a Girl Scout leader and taught CCD (Catholic Catechism) at Elgin’s St. Boniface church.
Why men still suffer the devastating when all they are doing is “rendering the unjust aggressor unable to do harm” is beyond me—and a question the Catechism fails to address.
According to the Catechism, vocal prayer is an “essential element of the Christian life,” Leonard said, one that leads to meditative prayer.
The Archdiocese of Turin, in Italy’s Piedmont region, canceled all catechism classes and other public gatherings except for Masses.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church goes on to say that people with these inclinations should be “accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “Medieval piety in the West developed the prayer of the rosary as a popular substitute for the Liturgy of the Hours” (2278).
A copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church helped to answer the hard questions and keep us on the right path.
Did we all study the same Catechism of the Catholic Church?
The lesson of the Mueller hearing is that this last pillar of the Republican catechism is now abandoned.
The next day, I pulled my copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church off the shelf and opened to the section on baptism.
A homeschooling cooperative meets at the parish one day a week, where the pastor leads them in prayer and religious education, relying on the Baltimore Catechism.
His mother taught him the catechism, Catholic songs and how to pray.
In addition to explaining the Code of Canon Law, which has well over 100 canons on the topic of marriage, he quoted extensively from the 1992 Catechism of the Catholic Church.
It recently added the Catholic Catechism in Spanish, and contemporary academic lectures from Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture.
Common combinations with catechism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the catechism 26×
- catechism of 20×
- catholic catechism 3×
- of catechism 3×
- catechism for 2×
- catechism classes 2×
- catechism the 2×
- catechism into 2×
- catechism from 2×
- with catechism 2×