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
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
Therefore to catechize and to exorcize do not belong to the office of the priests, but rather to that of the ministers.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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 must catechize you for it, madonna: Good my mouse of virtue, answer me.
From Twelfth Night or, What You Will by J P Kemble
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
"Why, Burke, what is the matter?" she catechized.
From The Road to Understanding by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
A Clergyman engaged in catechizing a village school, asked a youngster, “what his godfathers and godmothers did for him?”
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2018
She did not fear the cobbler, but the thought of Peggy’s harsh voice, her ruthless catechizing, worried her not a little.
From Rose O'Paradise by Grace Miller White
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
I am not catechizing you,' said Pitt, half laughing.
From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner
He realized that, besides the Large Catechism, parents were in need of a text-book containing questions and answers, adapted for catechizing the children on the meaning of each part of the Catechism.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
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