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
Neither of them ever made a public profession of religion, but they were careful to observe external ordinances, catechize their children, and give religious instruction.
From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by Dodge, David Low
Surely," he exclaimed hastily, "I've no right to catechize you.
From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various
There was service again in the afternoon, when the very reverend gentleman was wont to catechize.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
Fletcher, however, still found means to catechize the children and to hold meetings in private.
From Fletcher of Madeley by Macdonald, Frederic W.
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
So early in the morning was it and so unprepared were newsmen for such a development that Governor Young, unrecognized, entered and left the White House without being caught and catechized.
From Time Magazine Archive
No one likes to be catechized after he has grown to man's estate.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 by Various
A Clergyman engaged in catechizing a village school, asked a youngster, “what his godfathers and godmothers did for him?”
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2018
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
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.
"There was nothing of all this when you went to the catechizing?"
From Trading by Warner, Susan
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