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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1597, 1650
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Catechising, -che(i)sing, vbl. n. Also: katecheising. [e.m.E. (1561).] Catechizing.1597 Elgin Rec. II. 59.
Katecheising to begin on Monunday at ewin nixt the tyme of prayeris 1597 Ib. 61.
That Robert Leslie gif the names of sic personis as beis absent fra evening catecheising to the baillies 1597 St. A. Kirk S. 833.
That catichesing of the pepill be duly heireftir morne and evin 1650 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 116.
James Ritchie sall keip and haue on dyet of catecheising wpon the Sabboth day, and tua wther dyetis wpon tua dayis in the weik
