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
In a moment the car was again in motion, but the driver, a man of fifty or thereabouts, found time to catechize his guest.
From The Bail Jumper by Robert J. C. Stead
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 Saint Thomas Aquinas
Miss Patty left the millionaire Mr. Bragg in the lurch, and began to catechize Theodore on the subject of the Cheffington family.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
"I have no right to catechize Lady Gwendolen," said he.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
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
Periodically, eleven-year-old Martin Bach is catechized by his grandmother.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had already guessed what Zureda was going to ask him, and the idea of being catechized revolted his pride.
From Their Son; The Necklace by Eduardo Zamacois
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
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
“Quite often,” and she sat down, knowing the catechizing would be likely to continue for some minutes.
From The Fifth String by John Philip Sousa
What is the use of your preaching sermons and catechizing the young, if the Bible at home is a sufficient guide for your people?
From The Faith of Our Fathers by James Gibbons
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