catechizing
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A Clergyman engaged in catechizing a village school, asked a youngster, “what his godfathers and godmothers did for him?”
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2018
The virtuoso Stamitz was to give one in Le Baut's garden.–"O, better earlier, even to dinner!"–"And to my forenoon sermon, if he will not come to the children's catechizing."
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
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 Henriette McDougall
This morning the father, the Rev. Henry Erskine, has been catechizing a group of children at the kirk.
From A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds by Frank Boreham
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
