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

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 Bird, Richard

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

From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór

Her Form mates, more inquisitive than Miss Gibbs, gathered round her and began to catechize.

From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol

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