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
The virtuoso Stamitz was to give one in Le Baut's garden.–"O, better earlier, even to dinner!"–"And to my forenoon sermon, if he will not come to the children's catechizing."
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
Were any of you born in New England, in the good old catechizing, church-going, school-going, orderly times?
From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe
New girls must expect a little wholesome catechizing before they were admitted into the bosom of their Form.
From The School by the Sea by Angela Brazil
Preaching and catechizing, fasting and thanksgiving, were duly observed.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson
