9 letters · 25 points in Scrabble
verb examine through questioning and answering
verb give religious instructions to
originDerived from Latin catēchizāre, from Ancient Greek κατηχίζω (katēkhízō), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to teach (orally)”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “to sound, to resound”).
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