Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catechetical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables: cat-e-chet-i-cal
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to catechesis.

Example Sentences

"He did more, perhaps, than anyone to reduce Marxism to a catechetical form: he wrote the first works which can be called manuals of Marxism and which were in fact used as such."

Etymology

From catechetic + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: catechetic

Derived Forms

catechetically

Synonyms

catechetic

Questions

What does catechetical mean?: Of or pertaining to catechesis.
Where does catechetical come from?: From catechetic + -al.

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