catechize
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Then the Cardinal began to catechize the priest who had once been an assistant to his secretariat.
From Time Magazine Archive
This said, he set himself to catechize me that same hour; and it came to pass that when he breathed on my face,790 straightway I felt better.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
There it was that steps were taken to catechize the masses of the Filipinos in their own homes.
From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis
Objection 1: It seems that it does not belong to a priest to catechize and exorcize the person to be baptized.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
If from these lists you wander as you steer, Look back, and catechize your actions here.
From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever)
I was, in my view, blessed to be raised in the church and catechized as a little kid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
“This exchange had catechized Julian on several points,” Ava thinks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2020
While they ate, they catechized her on her opinions, and were delighted to find that she believed in God and expected to vote Conservative when she was twenty-one.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 2, 2012
He did not see any reason, he said, why the U.S. people had to be catechized on this every morning before breakfast.
From Time Magazine Archive
But I have no doubt she catechized and cross-examined him in private.
From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Bird, Frederic Mayer
A Clergyman engaged in catechizing a village school, asked a youngster, “what his godfathers and godmothers did for him?”
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2018
It has also been resolved that part of the Sabbath afternoon be devoted to catechizing, as is now common in many Protestant churches in Germany and Switzerland.
From John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch by Anonymous
He realized that, besides the Large Catechism, parents were in need of a text-book containing questions and answers, adapted for catechizing the children on the meaning of each part of the Catechism.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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)
Miss Jane sighed and rolled up her eyes, and then the two commenced a vigorous catechizing of the little girl.
From A World of Girls The Story of a School by Meade, L. T.
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