catechizing

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A Clergyman engaged in catechizing a village school, asked a youngster, “what his godfathers and godmothers did for him?”

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2018

He absolutely could not leave off catechizing her.

From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór

Supper over and the table cleared, he decided on further catechizing little Vada on points that still were a mystery to him.

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell

They were to spend themselves in the service of their neighbor, instructing, catechizing and exhorting; and they were to take nothing in return for their labors.

From Life of St. Vincent de Paul by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)

Evelyn seems to have got off with only a severe catechizing; but many of his fellow-worshippers were imprisoned, and otherwise severely punished.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various