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
I am not catechizing you,' said Pitt, half laughing.
From A Red Wallflower by Warner, Susan
I had once more won the great prize in the world's lottery, and I never ceased catechizing myself in what way I should exercise my power.
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James
He realized that, besides the Large Catechism, parents were in need of a text-book containing questions and answers, adapted for catechizing the children on the meaning of each part of the Catechism.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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