† catechise Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈkætɪkɪz)
In 6 catechis.
[app. ad. F. catéchèse catechese, confounded with the vb. catechize, in F. catechise-r. The Sc. corruption carritches rests upon a pronunciation (ˈkatətʃɪs); cf. F. (kateʃɛz).]
= catechesis, catechism.
| 1552 Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 7 In the foure partis of this present Catechis. Ibid. 122 In the thrid part of this Catechis, quhilk intraittis of the sevin sacramentis. 1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. ii. ii. 13 For every particular head of Catechise. 1659 Gauden Tears of Ch. 619 No Sermons, no Prayers, no Catechises. 1707 E. Ward Hud. Rediv. I. viii, And open all thy Peoples Eyes, To read th' Assembly's Catechise. 1715 De Foe Fam. Instruct. i. i. (1841) I. 13 You know your catechise. 1825 Bro. Jonathan III. 150 After the fashion of your..Yankee, when he is..teaching the ‘catechise’. [In mod.Eng. dialects, where generally treated as a corruption of catechism.] |
b. in comb., as catechise-point.
| 1655 W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. (1669) 125/1 Fundamental Truths, or, as we call them, Catechise-points. |