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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs catechize, catechise, categise and categize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

catechetic
  1. Of or pertaining to catechesis.
  2. In accordance with the catechism of a church.
catechismal
  1. Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The teacher must carefully prepare the religion lesson if he wishes to give an accurate and adequate explanation of the catechismal truths.”
      “That was called modernism, and it is enshrined in the catechismal hanging of MOMA's permanent collection, from Cézanne to Pollock.”
      “The catechismal teaching that taking a life, even an unborn one, is wrong may polarise people into two distinct camps, but it does not encourage the taking of lives.”
catechumenal
  1. Of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism.
catechetick
  1. Obsolete spelling of catechetic [17th and 18th century]
catechumenical
  1. Of or pertaining to catechumens.
catechetical
  1. Of or pertaining to catechesis.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Deaconesses ministered primarily to women, and their role was catechetical and philanthropic.”
      “These ministries have been related to liturgical, pastoral, catechetical, teaching, missionary, and social tasks.”
      “The novel Ulysses is rich in liturgical references, Latin phrases, and catechetical stylistics.”
catechistic
  1. Pertaining to a catechism.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. enquiring, inquiring, probing, searching, investigative, analytical, interested, interrogative, penetrating, prying, examining, investigatory, speculative, heuristic, studious, fact-finding, questioning, inquisitive, inquisitorial, quizzical, curious, quizzing, catechistical, scrutinizing, scrutinising, querying, inquisitory, inspecting, interrogational, disquisitive, cross-examining, interviewing, intrigued, intrusive, exploratory, analytic, researching, nosy, exploring, burning with curiosity, dying to know, research, investigating, inspective, erotetic, interrogatory, snoopy, peering, enthusiastic, fascinated … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Like many financial titans, Steinhardt favors a catechistic conversational mode, so it was hard to get him to throw out names.”
      “Their preparations have a catechistic order: first the rice cooker, then dishes for the buffet, then those for the lunch rush.”
      “After a few dozen catechistic variations, it became clear that the morning would be long.”
catechistical
  1. Pertaining to a catechism.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. interrogative, questioning, inquisitive, inquisitorial, enquiring, investigative, probing, quizzical, curious, quizzing, searching, catechistic, inquiring, examining … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It takes a catechistical approach to explain the idea of constructivism to the general reader.”
      “Religious and specifically catechistical editions also skew what Lyons hopes to construct by way of a bestseller list for nineteenth-century France.”
catechized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of catechize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. asked, enquired, queried, questioned, quizzed, grilled, interrogated, interviewed, probed, examined, inquired, investigated, pressed, prest, scrutinized, canvassed, checked, cross-examined, inquisitioned, pumped, cross-questioned, enquired of, felt out, found out, hit, hit up, made inquiries, needled, put a question to, requested information, requested information of, roasted, scrutinised, sought an answer, sought information, sought information of, sounded out, sweat, sweated, wanted to know, went over, buzzed, inquired of, picked one's brains, put out feelers, tested, tested the waters, popped the question, pried into, put the screws to … more
catechizing
  1. present participle of catechize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. querying, questioning, grilling, interrogating, quizzing, asking, enquiring, inquiring, drilling, training, inquiring of, examining, pumping, probing, sweating, cross-examining, interviewing, giving the third degree, investigating, cross-questioning, sounding out, putting questions to, putting through the wringer, debriefing, putting the screws on, going over, hitting up, roasting, picking one's brains, worming something out of someone, working over, putting through the third degree, putting the screws to, checking, pressing, prodding, canvassing, prying, inquisitioning, testing, hitting, asking questions of, asking questions, putting through the mangle, seeking answers, seeking information of, requesting information of, making inquiries, requesting information, seeking information … more
catechised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of catechise
catechising
  1. present participle of catechise
categised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of categise
categized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of categize
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