单词 | catechize |
释义 | catechizev. 1. a. transitive. To give systematic oral instruction; to instruct (the young or ignorant) in the elements of religion by repeating the instruction until it is learnt by heart, or (as always implied in modern times) by the method of formal questions and answers; to instruct by means of a catechism; in the Church of England, to teach the catechism, esp. in preparation for confirmation. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > catechesis > [verb (transitive)] catechize14.. catechumenize1676 14.. in Anglia VIII. 164 A chile shulde be catecized, þat is to seye enformed in þe feith atte chirchedore. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor iv. ii. 426 No man baptisid or Cathezized. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. ii. sig. b.ii Cathecyser is as moche to saye as to instructe or teche ye fundacions & artycles necessary of our holy fayth.] 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. iv. sig. Ggggv/1 Pastour..catechiseth, that is to say, instructeth them that be younglings in religion. 1609 P. Holland Chronol. E j a in tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. Constantine, being confirmed by a signe from heaven, becommeth catechized in the Faith. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxii. 6 Train up [margin. Catechise] a child in the way he should go. View more context for this quotation a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. anno 1616 (R.) That children should be carefully catechised, and confirmed by the bishops. 1686 T. Ken Direct. Prayer 5 Bring them [sc. children] daily to the Church to be Catechised by the Parish Priest. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iv. iii. 212 I..was once upon a Time catechised and tutored into the Belief of a God. 1836 W. F. Hook in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. W. F. Hook (1878) I. 292 To become a good catechist you must catechise. b. figurative (ironical.) ΚΠ 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xx. 143 They might have been reclaimed, if used with gentle means, not catechized with fire and fagot. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > catechesis > [verb (transitive)] > instil (religious instruction) catechizea1625 a1625 Boys in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. 312 Their voices are well understood, catechising the first elements of religion. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > teach orally or lecture readOE catechize1623 lecture1681 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Catechize, to instruct by mouth. 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) Democritus to Rdr. 58 Such visitor..might..root out Atheisme,..Cathechise grosse ignorance, purge Italy of luxury and riot. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 313 Whether Herodotus were rightly Catechized and instructed in the Egyptian Doctrine..may very well be questioned. 4. To examine with a catechism or in the manner of a theological catechism; to question as to belief. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > catechesis > [verb (transitive)] > examine with a catechism catechize1684 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 78 And because Prudence would see how Christiana had brought up her children, she asked leave of her to Catechise them. View more context for this quotation 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 81 Come Matthew, shall I also Catechise you? View more context for this quotation 1869 Daily News 22 Dec. These gentlemen wanted Dr. Temple..to admit their right to catechise him. 1873 J. Morley Rousseau I. 228 He was closely catechized by a commission of members of the consistory. 5. To question or interrogate systematically or at length; esp. to question or examine with a view to reproof or condemnation; to take to task. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > catechize catechizea1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 16 I will cathechize the world for him, that is, make questions And by them answer. View more context for this quotation a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 181 Armed Vagabonds catechising every Man by the Purse. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 62 God..catechised the prophet Jeremy in a potter's house, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? 1727 J. Swift Let. to very Young Lady in Misc. II. 322 Catechising him where he has been. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 203 Pierce my vein, Take of the crimson stream meandring there, And catechise it well. 1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. viii. 6 She was catechised without end; perhaps she suffered corporeal chastisement. 1863 R. W. Emerson Thoreau in Wks. (1906) III. 334 Asking questions of Indians is like catechizing beavers and rabbits. Derivatives ˈcatechized adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > catechesis > [adjective] > catechized catechized1640 1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour Pref. Verses Their catechised Childe. 1858 F. E. Paget Parish & Priest 70 He may be as heretical as he will, but he will do no mischief if he preaches to a catechized congregation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.14.. |
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