catechize

Then the Cardinal began to catechize the priest who had once been an assistant to his secretariat.

From Time Magazine Archive

There it was that steps were taken to catechize the masses of the Filipinos in their own homes.

From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by Francis St. Clair

The Giggleswick Statutes set it forth that the Master shall instruct his scholars—for more knowledge of the Liberal Sciences and catechize them every week in the knowledge of Christian Religion.

From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Edward Allen Bell

But the worst will be to catechize us as if we were witnesses in court.

From The Brightener by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

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 David Low Dodge

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

He did not see any reason, he said, why the U.S. people had to be catechized on this every morning before breakfast.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had found both, as it were dropped from heaven, in a corner of his stable, but Tam Eident, whom he had carefully catechized, knew nothing about the matter.

From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

A Clergyman engaged in catechizing a village school, asked a youngster, “what his godfathers and godmothers did for him?”

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2018

And at last, when he had exhausted all this catechizing, he heaved a sigh and stopped abruptly.

From Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale

“Quite often,” and she sat down, knowing the catechizing would be likely to continue for some minutes.

From The Fifth String by John Philip Sousa

What is the use of your preaching sermons and catechizing the young, if the Bible at home is a sufficient guide for your people?

From The Faith of Our Fathers by James Gibbons

But she doesn't fancy catechizing him about his experiences in the night, neither.

From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan