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catechize

[ kat-i-kahyz ]

verb (used with object)

catechized, catechizing.
  1. to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
  2. to question with reference to belief.
  3. to question closely.

    Synonyms: , , ,



catechize

/ ˈæɪˌ첹ɪ /

verb

  1. to teach or examine by means of questions and answers
  2. to give oral instruction in Christianity, esp by using a catechism
  3. to put questions to (someone)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٱˈ󾱲پ, adjective
  • ˈٱ𳦳󾱲, noun
  • ˌٱˈ󾱲پally, adverb
  • ˌٱ𳦳ˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·󾱳a· adjective
  • e··tDz noun
  • ·󾱳e noun
  • ܲ··󾱳 adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of catechize1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin ŧ󾱳 < Greek 첹ŧí𾱲 to make (someone) learn by teaching orally, equivalent to 첹ŧ ( î ) to teach orally ( catechist ) + -izein -ize
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of catechize1

C15: from Late Latin ŧ󾱳, from Greek 첹ŧ󾱳𾱲, from 첹ŧ𾱲 to instruct orally, literally: to shout down, from kata- down + ŧ𾱲 to sound
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“We have to catechize our people to understand that the resurrection is the center of a Christian worldview,” he said.

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When people have not been catechized into a particular theology of political engagement, there’s a real opportunity for teaching in the principles of the faith in this arena of life.

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Ignoring this threat, Pan — a sybaritic aesthete by his very nature — gently catechizes about hedonism like some goat-footed Oscar Wilde.

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While they ate, they catechized her on her opinions, and were delighted to find that she believed in God and expected to vote Conservative when she was twenty-one.

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

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