catechize
verb (used with object)
to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
uncatechized
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a word derived from
catechize.
Example Sentences
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It would be erroneous to attribute these actions to the state of polygamy in which the uncatechized Indians live.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
All creation seems to pause— Man, uncatechized by laws, Looks to God with grateful eyes, In such blessed sympathies, All his rebel nature dies!
From Poems (1828) by Thomas Gent
