The Collaborative International Dictionary
Catechist \Cat"e*chist\ (k[a^]t"[-e]*k[i^]st), n. [L. catechista, fr. Gr.] One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from Church Latin catechista, from Greek katekhistes "one who catechizes," from katekhizein "to teach orally" (see catechize). Related: Catechistic; catechistical.\n
Wiktionary
n. (context Christianity English) One who practices catechesis, i.e., catechizes catechumens; a teacher who instructs students in the doctrines of a particular Christian denomination typically in preparation for confirmation.
WordNet
n. one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism
Usage examples of "catechist".
Above it, great plumes of sand were gyring like Catechist dervishes, the fanatic sect who had carved the Mas'jahan out of the unforgiving bones and flesh of the Mu'ad.
The Catechists were strict political neutralists, and had remained aloof from overtures of an alliance with either the Adenese or the Iskamen.
The Catechist dervishes believed in a living god who chose to walk among them anonymously.
Because they were rabid proselytizers the Catechists accepted - even, stories insisted, encouraged - such travelers.
He had had a glimpse of the Catechist weapons: wicked double-bladed push-daggers which, when held properly, were magnificent for hand-to-hand combat.
Sardonyx, in her guise as the Catechist Ambositra, put her finger to her lips.
But the Catechists have a saying, "Beware for what you wish because one day you will be delivered unto it.
Once there, I predictably came under the influence of the Catechist religion.
But, though he was as much a fanatic proselytizer as the others, he was the only one who treated me as someone, not just another piece of meat for the Catechists to mold.
I thought of Vato-mandry and the Catechists, and the utter purity of their dervishes sang like a haunting melody in my head.
Outside the Catechist tent, Moichi could hear the co'chyn, restless now for a time.
It was a desolate tract of land, even by the standards of the Great Desert, streaked with a curious dark sandstone the Catechists alone knew how to work.
No people had ever been successful in extraditing one of their own from this Catechist stronghold by diplomatic means and none were foolish enough to attempt such a thing by force.
If the Catechist had not himself visited ills on her, then he had been their facilitator.
Down on one knee before the Catechist, Moichi said softly, 'Vato-mandry, what do you know of the Makkon?