carritch

[ kahr-ich ]

noun

, Scot.

1. a catechism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carritch¹

1755–65; back formation from carritches (taken as plural), Scots variant of catechise (now dial.) < French catéchèse ≪ Greek katḗchēsis catechesis; for t > rr, porridge

Example Sentences

The long and the short is, that I was sent to school, where I learned to read and spell, making great progress in the Single and Mother’s Carritch. 

From Project Gutenberg

The long and the short is, that I was sent to school, where I learned to read and spell, making great progress in the Single and Mother’s Carritch. 

From Project Gutenberg

In time, I was sent to school, where I learned to read and spell, making great progress in the Single and Mother's Carritch.

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"Weel, weel, Jeanie," said Effie, "I mind a' about the sins o' presumption in the questions—we'll speak nae mair about this matter, and ye may save your breath to say your carritch and for me, I'll soon hae nae breath to waste on onybody."

From Project Gutenberg

My mother gar 'd me learn the Single Carritch, whilk was a great vex; then I behoved to learn about my godfathers and godmothers to please the auld leddy; and whiles I jumbled them thegether and pleased nane o' them; and when I cam to man's yestate, cam another kind o' questioning in fashion that I liked waur than Effectual Calling; and the 'did promise and vow' of the tape were yokit to the end o' the tother.

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