catechesis
英 [,kætɪ'kiːsɪs]
美[,kætə'kisɪs]
- n. 用问答方式演讲；宗教中用口授经文教理
英英释义
- 1. oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)
英文词源
- catechesis (n.)
- from Greek katekhesis "instruction by word of mouth," from katekhein "to instruct orally," originally "to resound" (with sense evolution via "to sound (something) in someone's ear; to teach by word of mouth." From kata- "down" (in this case, "thoroughly") + ekhein "to sound, ring," from ekhe "sound," from PIE *(s)wagh- "to resound" (see echo (n.)). Related: Catachectic; catachectical.