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catechist

noun

Definition of catechist

as in preacher

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Recent Examples of catechist While women cannot be ordained as priests or deacons, they are not forbidden from teaching the faith as theologians, catechists and scholars. — Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026 Lacchin was quietly transferred to a nearby mission; his driver and a catechist at Archer’s Post, Benjamin Ekwam, was chosen to marry Sabina. — Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019 Thunder Bar, chief of police at the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota; George Fire Thunder, an English-speaking catechist in the Episcopal Church; and Kicking Bear, a Lakota Sioux who had fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. — Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2018

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Later in the service, the choir would sing a foot-stomping, hand-clapping rendition of a gospel song that set the tone for the preacher to follow with his gospel message.

— Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
The story begins in 1810, when Johann Wilhelm Ebel, a young cleric who had studied at the University of Königsberg, returned to the city as a teacher and preacher.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

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The California Faculty Association, which represents nearly 30,000 professors, lecturers, counselors and librarians at the CSU, also opposed the bills.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Efrat Tolkowsky, a Reichman University lecturer and former member of the Tel Aviv City Council representing Meretz, a left-wing party that for years ran on a pro-peace platform, exemplifies that shift.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026

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Podcasters and best-selling authors Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur take readers on a wild, world-wide adventure of main events, mostly sports of all kinds.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Lists are but a snapshot of an editor’s year in dining to help guide readers to their next meal.

— Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Aug. 2026

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