catechism

Example Sentences

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He may have gone to catechism class, but he hasn't done his homework.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

I’ve just spent a week tramping across Venice, a city of more than 250 churches, and where did I encounter the most doctrinaire catechism?

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Billie Jo Medders can recite her history with Kevin McCarthy like a well-worn catechism.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

When she was just 4 years old, Quintanilla recited creeds — statements of belief — at her grandmother’s catechism classes in church.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

If I begged and practiced my catechism, Mother would sometimes let me go home with Constantine on Friday afternoons.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett