English Dictionary

catechize

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkætɪkaɪz/

動詞

他動詞

To give oral instruction, especially of religion; (specifically) by the formal question-and-answer method; in the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church, to teach the catechism as preparation for confirmation.

日本語の意味

宗教教育の一環として、口頭でカテキズム（教理問答法に基づく宗教教育内容）を教授すること。 / 特に形式的な質問応答方式を用いて信仰の教えを伝えること。 / イングランド国教会やローマ・カトリック教会において、確認礼の準備としてカテキズムを教える行為。

The missionary set out to catechize the villagers about the tenets of his faith.

その宣教師は自分の信仰の教義について村人たちに口頭で教えるために出かけた。

意味（1）

To give oral instruction, especially of religion; (specifically) by the formal question-and-answer method; in the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church, to teach the catechism as preparation for confirmation.

意味（2）

To question at length.

She promised herself to ascertain thoroughly, after they should be comfortably settled in the ship, the animus with which the book was to be written. She was a very good sailor and she liked to talk at sea; there her husband would not be able to escape from her, and she foresaw the manner in which she should catechise him.

catechizes （ present singular third-person ）

catechizing （ participle present ）

catechized （ participle past ）

catechized （ past ）