Definition of catechize in English:

catechize

(British catechise)

verb ˈkatɪkʌɪzˈkædəˌkaɪz

[with object]

1Instruct (someone) in the principles of Christian religion by means of question and answer, typically by using a catechism.
（尤指用基督教教理）以问答法教授基督教教义
Example sentencesExamples
- Sixteenth-century Protestantism was slow to produce similar material, possibly because Protestant clergy were so busy preaching and catechising that they had little time for quiet and reflection.
- Consequently, all must take care, lest in catechizing or in preaching the Word of God, they teach anything which is not in accord with the truth of the Gospel message or the spirit of Christ.
- To save Shaw from hell-fire, a friend prevailed on a Roman Catholic priest to catechize the upstart Atheist.
- It is worth noting again that the liturgy is not a ‘tool’ used to catechize Christians.
- The pastor's active duties to his parish extend beyond preaching, celebrating the sacraments, and catechizing to include amateur medicine and settling lawsuits.
- The means to accomplish this were literate sermons, adhering closely to the liturgy of the church; catechising the young; and administering the sacraments.
- The third chapter describes Baxter's pastoral strategy - together with his assistant he visited and catechised 800 families every year.
- Now we delight in our supposed freedom to baptize without catechizing, and to receive communicants without repentance.
- He did not neglect the sick and the dying and was untiring in the work of catechising the young.
- Priests, like their counterparts in French towns, said public masses, administered the sacraments, preached, catechized and educated young men in town.
- It's our own damn fault when we pastor so badly, catechize so poorly, and expect so little.
- The natural sorting process tells us something about how we need to catechize teenagers.
- Jenson bemoans the loss of moral demands of a ‘highly opinionated God’ and the anomalous quandary of having to catechize the baptized in a post-Christian world.
- Nevertheless, Protestant ministers were originally expected to catechize Bible readers, involving doctrinal claims that structured how the Bible would be put together.
- And I mean to assail it particularly among laypeople since, like it or not, the main work of catechizing our fellow Catholics is going to fall to us since there are a great many more of us than there are of ordained Catholics.
- The church's performance of its basic duties of administering the rites of passage, conducting services, and catechizing the people was, by and large, more impressive than was once thought.
- I work in the beautiful new Cathedral, evangelizing and catechizing the children of two recently merged parish communities (one English, one Spanish).
1. 1.1 Put questions to or interrogate (someone)
  〈喻〉询问，盘问（某人）
  Mrs Garrowby had catechized her sister about this unknown quantity
  Example sentencesExamples
  None may chastise him for deviance (for there is none), nor catechize him about the path to take (for there are as many paths as there are seekers).
  Goody Cloyse, that excellent old Christian, stood in the early sunshine at her own lattice, catechising a little girl who had brought her a pint of morning's milk.
  From our earliest years, we are catechized into a civic faith: Competition brings out the best in us.
  Appalled by his indolence, gaming, and iconoclastic opinions, his psychology professor tried to catechize him: ‘Tut, tut, what does Saint Paul say, Mr. Crane?’
  He ‘catechizes’ her: ‘Good madonna, why mourn'st thou?’
  Synonyms
  interrogate, question, cross-examine, cross-question, quiz, examine, probe, browbeat, interview, sound out

Derivatives

catechizer

noun ˈkatɪkʌɪzəˈkædəˌkaɪzər

Thomas Wilkinson came with me to Barton and questioned me like a catechiser all the way.
Example sentencesExamples
- When I was about nine or ten years old, I literally fled from a little church near Warsaw, because the catechizer had terrified me.
- Thanks to the hard work of the missionaries and catechizers this situation is slowly changing.
- Nevertheless, from first to last he conscientiously fulfilled his duties as preacher and catechizer.
- After his return to Cyprus, he worked as a preacher and catechizer in the Archdiocese.

Origin

Late Middle English: via late Latin from ecclesiastical Greek katēkhizein, from katēkhein 'instruct orally, make hear'.

Definition of catechize in US English:

catechize

(British catechise)

verbˈkædəˌkaɪzˈkadəˌkīz

[with object]

1Instruct (someone) in the principles of Christian religion by means of question and answer, typically by using a catechism.
（尤指用基督教教理）以问答法教授基督教教义
Example sentencesExamples
- Now we delight in our supposed freedom to baptize without catechizing, and to receive communicants without repentance.
- He did not neglect the sick and the dying and was untiring in the work of catechising the young.
- The church's performance of its basic duties of administering the rites of passage, conducting services, and catechizing the people was, by and large, more impressive than was once thought.
- The means to accomplish this were literate sermons, adhering closely to the liturgy of the church; catechising the young; and administering the sacraments.
- And I mean to assail it particularly among laypeople since, like it or not, the main work of catechizing our fellow Catholics is going to fall to us since there are a great many more of us than there are of ordained Catholics.
- Consequently, all must take care, lest in catechizing or in preaching the Word of God, they teach anything which is not in accord with the truth of the Gospel message or the spirit of Christ.
- Sixteenth-century Protestantism was slow to produce similar material, possibly because Protestant clergy were so busy preaching and catechising that they had little time for quiet and reflection.
- Priests, like their counterparts in French towns, said public masses, administered the sacraments, preached, catechized and educated young men in town.
- Jenson bemoans the loss of moral demands of a ‘highly opinionated God’ and the anomalous quandary of having to catechize the baptized in a post-Christian world.
- To save Shaw from hell-fire, a friend prevailed on a Roman Catholic priest to catechize the upstart Atheist.
- The natural sorting process tells us something about how we need to catechize teenagers.
- It's our own damn fault when we pastor so badly, catechize so poorly, and expect so little.
- I work in the beautiful new Cathedral, evangelizing and catechizing the children of two recently merged parish communities (one English, one Spanish).
- The third chapter describes Baxter's pastoral strategy - together with his assistant he visited and catechised 800 families every year.
- Nevertheless, Protestant ministers were originally expected to catechize Bible readers, involving doctrinal claims that structured how the Bible would be put together.
- It is worth noting again that the liturgy is not a ‘tool’ used to catechize Christians.
- The pastor's active duties to his parish extend beyond preaching, celebrating the sacraments, and catechizing to include amateur medicine and settling lawsuits.
1. 1.1 Put questions to or interrogate (someone)
  〈喻〉询问，盘问（某人）
  Mrs. Garrowby had catechized her sister about this unknown quantity
  Example sentencesExamples
  Goody Cloyse, that excellent old Christian, stood in the early sunshine at her own lattice, catechising a little girl who had brought her a pint of morning's milk.
  He ‘catechizes’ her: ‘Good madonna, why mourn'st thou?’
  From our earliest years, we are catechized into a civic faith: Competition brings out the best in us.
  None may chastise him for deviance (for there is none), nor catechize him about the path to take (for there are as many paths as there are seekers).
  Appalled by his indolence, gaming, and iconoclastic opinions, his psychology professor tried to catechize him: ‘Tut, tut, what does Saint Paul say, Mr. Crane?’
  Synonyms
  interrogate, question, cross-examine, cross-question, quiz, examine, probe, browbeat, interview, sound out

Origin

Late Middle English: via late Latin from ecclesiastical Greek katēkhizein, from katēkhein ‘instruct orally, make hear’.

单词	catechize
释义	Definition of catechize in English: catechize (British catechise) verb ˈkatɪkʌɪzˈkædəˌkaɪz [with object] 1Instruct (someone) in the principles of Christian religion by means of question and answer, typically by using a catechism. （尤指用基督教教理）以问答法教授基督教教义 Example sentencesExamples Sixteenth-century Protestantism was slow to produce similar material, possibly because Protestant clergy were so busy preaching and catechising that they had little time for quiet and reflection. Consequently, all must take care, lest in catechizing or in preaching the Word of God, they teach anything which is not in accord with the truth of the Gospel message or the spirit of Christ. To save Shaw from hell-fire, a friend prevailed on a Roman Catholic priest to catechize the upstart Atheist. It is worth noting again that the liturgy is not a ‘tool’ used to catechize Christians. The pastor's active duties to his parish extend beyond preaching, celebrating the sacraments, and catechizing to include amateur medicine and settling lawsuits. The means to accomplish this were literate sermons, adhering closely to the liturgy of the church; catechising the young; and administering the sacraments. The third chapter describes Baxter's pastoral strategy - together with his assistant he visited and catechised 800 families every year. Now we delight in our supposed freedom to baptize without catechizing, and to receive communicants without repentance. He did not neglect the sick and the dying and was untiring in the work of catechising the young. Priests, like their counterparts in French towns, said public masses, administered the sacraments, preached, catechized and educated young men in town. It's our own damn fault when we pastor so badly, catechize so poorly, and expect so little. The natural sorting process tells us something about how we need to catechize teenagers. Jenson bemoans the loss of moral demands of a ‘highly opinionated God’ and the anomalous quandary of having to catechize the baptized in a post-Christian world. Nevertheless, Protestant ministers were originally expected to catechize Bible readers, involving doctrinal claims that structured how the Bible would be put together. And I mean to assail it particularly among laypeople since, like it or not, the main work of catechizing our fellow Catholics is going to fall to us since there are a great many more of us than there are of ordained Catholics. The church's performance of its basic duties of administering the rites of passage, conducting services, and catechizing the people was, by and large, more impressive than was once thought. I work in the beautiful new Cathedral, evangelizing and catechizing the children of two recently merged parish communities (one English, one Spanish). 1.1 Put questions to or interrogate (someone) 〈喻〉询问，盘问（某人） Mrs Garrowby had catechized her sister about this unknown quantity Example sentencesExamples None may chastise him for deviance (for there is none), nor catechize him about the path to take (for there are as many paths as there are seekers). Goody Cloyse, that excellent old Christian, stood in the early sunshine at her own lattice, catechising a little girl who had brought her a pint of morning's milk. From our earliest years, we are catechized into a civic faith: Competition brings out the best in us. Appalled by his indolence, gaming, and iconoclastic opinions, his psychology professor tried to catechize him: ‘Tut, tut, what does Saint Paul say, Mr. Crane?’ He ‘catechizes’ her: ‘Good madonna, why mourn'st thou?’ Synonyms interrogate, question, cross-examine, cross-question, quiz, examine, probe, browbeat, interview, sound out Derivatives catechizer noun ˈkatɪkʌɪzəˈkædəˌkaɪzər Thomas Wilkinson came with me to Barton and questioned me like a catechiser all the way. Example sentencesExamples When I was about nine or ten years old, I literally fled from a little church near Warsaw, because the catechizer had terrified me. Thanks to the hard work of the missionaries and catechizers this situation is slowly changing. Nevertheless, from first to last he conscientiously fulfilled his duties as preacher and catechizer. After his return to Cyprus, he worked as a preacher and catechizer in the Archdiocese. Origin Late Middle English: via late Latin from ecclesiastical Greek katēkhizein, from katēkhein 'instruct orally, make hear'. Definition of catechize in US English: catechize (British catechise) verbˈkædəˌkaɪzˈkadəˌkīz [with object] 1Instruct (someone) in the principles of Christian religion by means of question and answer, typically by using a catechism. （尤指用基督教教理）以问答法教授基督教教义 Example sentencesExamples Now we delight in our supposed freedom to baptize without catechizing, and to receive communicants without repentance. He did not neglect the sick and the dying and was untiring in the work of catechising the young. The church's performance of its basic duties of administering the rites of passage, conducting services, and catechizing the people was, by and large, more impressive than was once thought. The means to accomplish this were literate sermons, adhering closely to the liturgy of the church; catechising the young; and administering the sacraments. And I mean to assail it particularly among laypeople since, like it or not, the main work of catechizing our fellow Catholics is going to fall to us since there are a great many more of us than there are of ordained Catholics. Consequently, all must take care, lest in catechizing or in preaching the Word of God, they teach anything which is not in accord with the truth of the Gospel message or the spirit of Christ. Sixteenth-century Protestantism was slow to produce similar material, possibly because Protestant clergy were so busy preaching and catechising that they had little time for quiet and reflection. Priests, like their counterparts in French towns, said public masses, administered the sacraments, preached, catechized and educated young men in town. Jenson bemoans the loss of moral demands of a ‘highly opinionated God’ and the anomalous quandary of having to catechize the baptized in a post-Christian world. To save Shaw from hell-fire, a friend prevailed on a Roman Catholic priest to catechize the upstart Atheist. The natural sorting process tells us something about how we need to catechize teenagers. It's our own damn fault when we pastor so badly, catechize so poorly, and expect so little. I work in the beautiful new Cathedral, evangelizing and catechizing the children of two recently merged parish communities (one English, one Spanish). The third chapter describes Baxter's pastoral strategy - together with his assistant he visited and catechised 800 families every year. Nevertheless, Protestant ministers were originally expected to catechize Bible readers, involving doctrinal claims that structured how the Bible would be put together. It is worth noting again that the liturgy is not a ‘tool’ used to catechize Christians. The pastor's active duties to his parish extend beyond preaching, celebrating the sacraments, and catechizing to include amateur medicine and settling lawsuits. 1.1 Put questions to or interrogate (someone) 〈喻〉询问，盘问（某人） Mrs. Garrowby had catechized her sister about this unknown quantity Example sentencesExamples Goody Cloyse, that excellent old Christian, stood in the early sunshine at her own lattice, catechising a little girl who had brought her a pint of morning's milk. He ‘catechizes’ her: ‘Good madonna, why mourn'st thou?’ From our earliest years, we are catechized into a civic faith: Competition brings out the best in us. None may chastise him for deviance (for there is none), nor catechize him about the path to take (for there are as many paths as there are seekers). Appalled by his indolence, gaming, and iconoclastic opinions, his psychology professor tried to catechize him: ‘Tut, tut, what does Saint Paul say, Mr. Crane?’ Synonyms interrogate, question, cross-examine, cross-question, quiz, examine, probe, browbeat, interview, sound out Origin Late Middle English: via late Latin from ecclesiastical Greek katēkhizein, from katēkhein ‘instruct orally, make hear’.
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