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Catechistic

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cat·e·chist  (kt-kst)
n.
A person who catechizes, especially one who instructs catechumens in preparation for admission into a Christian church.

[French catechiste, from Old French, from Late Latin catchista, from Late Greek katkhists, from katkhizein, to teach by word of mouth; see catechize.]

cate·chistic, cate·chisti·cal adj.
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Adj.1.catechistic - of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism; "the catechistic method"

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He believes that when social scientists attempt to capture American Indian culture in "cold litanies and catechistic monodramas" (Trickster x), they not only reify the flexible nature of native culture, but reinvent it for their own self-serving ends.
I had successfully mastered the fine distinctions of catechistic instruction and the choreography of filing, genuflecting, kneeling, sitting, and rising in unison - all with only a couple of unexpected raps to the knuckles and the back of the head from Sister Anna Maria's feared clicker.
 
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