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

You catechize me too closely," replied Netz, confused, "tell me rather--to come to something else--what is the matter between you and Christopher Friend?

From Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians by Velde, Carl Franz van der

This said, he set himself to catechize me that same hour; and it came to pass that when he breathed on my face,790 straightway I felt better.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

Fletcher, however, still found means to catechize the children and to hold meetings in private.

From Fletcher of Madeley by Macdonald, Frederic W.

I must catechize you for it, madonna: Good my mouse of virtue, answer me.

From Twelfth Night or, What You Will by Kemble, J P