Obs. exc. dial. In 6 catechis. [app. ad. F. catéchèse CATECHESE, confounded with the vb. CATECHIZE, in F. catechise-r.] = 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. J. Neal, Bro. Jonathan, III. 150. After the fashion of your ‘nait’ral born’ 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. Gurnall, Chr. in Arm. (1669), 125/1. Fundamental Truths, or, as we call them, Catechise-points.
