catechize

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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

Surely," he exclaimed hastily, "I've no right to catechize you.

From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various

He; was ordered to subject and catechize the natives.

From History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. by Means, Philip Ainsworth

Let a person catechize his own experiences on this subject: it will have a salutary effect.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

Neither of them ever made a public profession of religion, but they were careful to observe external ordinances, catechize their children, and give religious instruction.

From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by Dodge, David Low