catechism

Example Sentences

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He may have gone to catechism class, but he hasn't done his homework.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

She was my catechism teacher, and she paced our classroom floor while lecturing that, eons ago, all humans had belonged to the same tribe.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

When she was just 4 years old, Quintanilla recited creeds — statements of belief — at her grandmother’s catechism classes in church.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

Francis quoted the catechism of the church, which teaches that L.G.B.T.Q. people should not be marginalized but instead welcomed.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Isannah had wandered off because a passing clergyman had seen the sunlight on her hair and was asking her to say the shorter catechism as proof that she was as pious as she was beautiful.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes