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Recent Examples of catechist
Reconciliation today Searching for a path forward, contemporary Sámi artist and Lutheran catechist Lars Levi Sunna began to produce church art that incorporated and celebrated pre-Christian Sámi symbols – some of the very traditions that had been demonized by clergy of the past.
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Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
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
Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
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
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Balmer, who visited him in Baton Rouge while researching a 1998 magazine piece about the disgraced preacher, said Swaggart struggled mightily after his fall from grace.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
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The Pentecostal preacher was caught on camera with a prostitute in New Orleans in 1988, which led to his defrocking by the Assembly of God denomination.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Of course, that split was just one of many themes from the reader comments.—
Greg Borowski,
jsonline.com,
11 July 2025
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But, first, Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, answers readers’ questions about writing.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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“Catechist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catechist. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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