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

His preaching, his catechizing of the children after evensong, and his connexion with the Bala Methodists—his wife’s step-father being a Methodist preacher—gave great offence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

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 Boreham, Frank

I flared with a childish resentment at this catechizing of his.

From Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

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