carritchcarritchesn.
/ˈkɑːrɪtʃ/, /ˈkarɪtʃ/, U.S. /ˈkɛrɪtʃ/, Scottish English /ˈkarɪtʃ/ Brit. /ˈkɑːrɪtʃiːz/, /ˈkarɪtʃiːz/, U.S. /ˈkɛrɪtʃiz/, Scottish English /ˈkarɪtʃiz/ Scottish.
a. = catechism n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > preaching > catechesis > [noun]
catechism1502
catechise1552
catechizationa1559
catechizing1561
catechese1617
catechesis1753
carritch?1760
?1760 S. Haliburton Mem. Magopico i. 5 A blind Woman..taught him the A, B, C, and the Mother's Carritch.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 223 But gin she cou'd..hamely get Upo' her caritch.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 93 I can say the single carritch, and the double carritch, and justification, and effectual calling.
1888 N.E.D. at Carritch Mod. Sc. He knows the carritches thoroughly.
b. to give carritch: to take to task.
ΚΠ
1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 219 (Jam.) The very first night the strife began, And she gae me my carriage.
Derivatives
ˈcarritch v. (transitive) to catechize.
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1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 83 The Minister..duly carritchin' the bairns.
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