catechize

Example Sentences

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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

Therefore it belongs not to the priestly office to catechize and exorcize.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

It was his habit to walk when he talked, and he knew the general had come to catechize him.

From A Certain Rich Man by White, William Allen

There was service again in the afternoon, when the very reverend gentleman was wont to catechize.

From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór

Whatever the cause was, her momentary sense of relief that her father was not going to catechize her was followed by a feeling that she almost wished he would.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend