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catechism

[kat-i-kiz-uhm] / ˈkæt ɪˌkɪz əm /


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He may have gone to catechism class, but he hasn't done his homework.

From Salon ● May 23, 2025

She was my catechism teacher, and she paced our classroom floor while lecturing that, eons ago, all humans had belonged to the same tribe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

“Now even young parents are hard to engage. They bring kids to the doorway for catechism, but don’t cross it for Mass.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023

When she was just 4 years old, Quintanilla recited creeds — statements of belief — at her grandmother’s catechism classes in church.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023

Wednesday nights, at eight p.m. , is what is called Student Enrollment, where Islam’s basic issues are discussed; it is about the equivalent of catechism class in the Catholic religion.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Luther’s catechisms, appearing with the finality and exactitude of print, “distilled Christian doctrine into concise, systematic summaries designed to define true belief.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The conventional catechisms of art were dominated by the New York School, which Ruscha’s art held in an equivocal — and often very funny — embrace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

During the days, I recited calorie counts like catechisms and logged each mile run like a penitent prayer over a rosary bead.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2022

Secessionists complained that by 1860 generations of Northerners had been taught antislavery in their catechisms, their schoolbooks, the sermons they listened to and the speeches they heard.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2017

He hauls some green mattresses piled outside into a small room used for studies and catechisms, where the migrants sleep.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario


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