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
You catechize me too closely," replied Netz, confused, "tell me rather--to come to something else--what is the matter between you and Christopher Friend?
From Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians by Carl Franz van der Velde
It appears that Mr. Jacques is to say who can see the Secretary; and to do this, he must catechize each applicant as to the nature of his business.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
You could not tell me her name: all you had to go on was a voice, and I could hardly catechize him on that.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Richard Bird
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 William Allen White
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
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
He was becoming very uneasy under this rigid catechizing, and hoped she would not ask any more questions about Lilian Ashford.
From The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer by Oliver Optic
I am not catechizing you,' said Pitt, half laughing.
From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner
But she doesn't fancy catechizing him about his experiences in the night, neither.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
Preaching and catechizing, fasting and thanksgiving, were duly observed.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson
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