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
Fletcher, however, still found means to catechize the children and to hold meetings in private.
From Fletcher of Madeley by Macdonald, Frederic W.
There was service again in the afternoon, when the very reverend gentleman was wont to catechize.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
But the worst will be to catechize us as if we were witnesses in court.
From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
To his great relief, Miss Dickenson did not catechize him closely about his religious views.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
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
How could it be expected to prosper, when the Gran Oriente Español had already catechized the masses of the country!
From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis
A Clergyman engaged in catechizing a village school, asked a youngster, “what his godfathers and godmothers did for him?”
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2018
There was divine service in the temple at half-past ten A.M., conducted by the regular pastor, M. Schell, and instruction and catechizing of the children in the afternoon.
From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel
New girls must expect a little wholesome catechizing before they were admitted into the bosom of their Form.
From The School by the Sea by Brazil, Angela
In preaching, catechizing, visiting, and holding religious meetings he was indefatigable, and spared no pains to guard his people from doctrinal error or spiritual decline.
From Fletcher of Madeley by Macdonald, Frederic W.
He was becoming very uneasy under this rigid catechizing, and hoped she would not ask any more questions about Lilian Ashford.
From The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer by Optic, Oliver
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