catechist

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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. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catechist
Noun
  • His father, much older than his mom, was a preacher who wanted his son to follow in his footsteps.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Moreover, as soon as Christianity began to spread outside his native land, Christian converts faced new situations in unexpected contexts, completely different from those of their founder, an itinerant Jewish preacher in the sparsely populated hinterlands of rural Galilee.
    Big Think, Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The question of how a world run on renewables could be different occupies Clement Sefa-Nyarko, a lecturer at the African Leadership Centre at King’s College London, who focuses on natural resources.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Since then, readers and critics have looked to each of his new novels to reinvigorate the form.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Marcet’s intention was certainly not to disturb the religious faith of her young readers, most of whom would have been raised on a literal understanding of the biblical creation story.
    Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026

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“Catechist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catechist. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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