Usually means: Questioning to assess religious knowledge.
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  1. catechize: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. catechize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. catechize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. catechize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. catechize: Vocabulary.com
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  7. catechize: Wiktionary
  8. catechize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. catechize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. catechize: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Catechize: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Catechize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. catechize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  15. Catechize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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  19. Catechize, catechize: Dictionary.com
  20. catechize: Online Etymology Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (catechize)

verb:  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.
verb:  To question at length.

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