catechism
Example Sentences
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He may have gone to catechism class, but he hasn't done his homework.
From Salon • May 23, 2025
Billie Jo Medders can recite her history with Kevin McCarthy like a well-worn catechism.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 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
Francis quoted the catechism of the church, which teaches that L.G.B.T.Q. people should not be marginalized but instead welcomed.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023
Grandpa Tweedy had been drilling me on the catechism all my life.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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