English Dictionary

catechism

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkætɪˌkɪzəm/

名詞

A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity. / A basic manual in some subject. / A set of questions designed to determine knowledge.

日本語の意味

キリスト教の基本原則を問答形式で要約した書物 / ある主題に関する基本的な指南書、入門書 / 知識を確認するための質問集

The parish distributed a new catechism to all the confirmation candidates to help them prepare for the ceremony.

教区は堅信候補者全員に、儀式の準備を助けるために新しい教理問答を配布した。

意味（1）

A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.

意味（2）

A basic manual in some subject.

意味（3）

A set of questions designed to determine knowledge.

...the walls were covered with paper, whose original colour and pattern had long since merged in a dingy brown; over this were hung up some unframed drawings, and some shelves on which were ranged all the old school books, grammars, Pinnock's catechisms, and one or two French novels that had belonged to a former governess.

catechisms （ plural ）