Shorter-catechism
noun
1.
one of the two catechisms established by the Westminster Assembly in 1647, used chiefly in Presbyterian churches.
Shorter Catechism
noun
1.
(mainly Presbyterian Church) the more widely used and influential of two catechisms of religious instruction drawn up in 1647
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