catechize

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 Bell, Edward Allen

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 St. Clair, Francis

It appears that Mr. Jacques is to say who can see the Secretary; and to do this, he must catechize each applicant as to the nature of his business.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

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

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

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

Periodically, eleven-year-old Martin Bach is catechized by his grandmother.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the afternoon the exercises at the meeting house were conducted by Preston, who publicly catechized the negroes very much in the manner that is practised in Northern Sunday schools.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

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

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2018

A surly man would not perhaps have answered at all, resenting this catechizing; but Christopher was not surly, and not at all offended.

From A Red Wallflower by Warner, Susan

A short service, in which the Dyaks respond heartily, and a catechizing follows, during which they are allowed to ask questions of their teacher.

From Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by McDougall, Henriette

His preaching, his catechizing of the children after evensong, and his connexion with the Bala Methodists—his wife’s step-father being a Methodist preacher—gave great offence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

I am not catechizing you,' said Pitt, half laughing.

From A Red Wallflower by Warner, Susan