catechism
noun/ˈkætəkɪzəm/
/ˈkætəkɪzəm/
[usually singular]- a set of questions and answers that are used for teaching people about the beliefs of the Christian religion
- a set of fixed questions, answers or instructions
- The universal catechism for tackling the disease is ‘test, trace, treat, isolate’.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin catechismus, from ecclesiastical Greek, from katēkhizein from katēkhein ‘instruct orally, make hear’.
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