catechist

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Recent Examples of catechist But Philip Siphong Onphitak, the village religious teacher, or catechist, assumed leadership of his flock, keeping up resistance until Dec. 16, when he was murdered in the jungle, reportedly by Boonlue. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catechist
Noun
  • Until his death in Pennsylvania last year, Gülen, a Turkish Muslim preacher who was accused of plotting a coup against President Recep Tayyip in 2016, was wanted as a terrorist leader in Turkey and Pakistan.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 14 May 2025
  • David Aries aligns with David, a preacher and the leader of a group of cannibalistic survivors.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Here is when the alert reader, weighing the left and right sides of the elephantine volume in his lap, notices there are still 850 pages to go.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • Hendrix, for one, is childless by choice, which offers readers alternatives for what happiness can look like.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 May 2025

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“Catechist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catechist. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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