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

Let a person catechize his own experiences on this subject: it will have a salutary effect.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

And he proceeded to catechize and badger them one by one, filling page after page of his notebook with their replies.

From A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa by Cornell, Frederick

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

From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór

Whatever the cause was, her momentary sense of relief that her father was not going to catechize her was followed by a feeling that she almost wished he would.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend