catechesis

1. 1.

   oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)

   Broaderteaching

Other forms of catechesis

plural

catechesises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about catechesis

What does catechesis mean?

catechesis means "oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)".

How many syllables are in catechesis?

catechesis has 4 syllables and divides as ca-te-che-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.