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carritch

carritch noun: a catechism.

Noun

carritch (plural carritches)

  1. (Scotland, in plural) A catechism.
    • "Do sae, minister — do sae," cried Madge; "I am as weel worth looking at as ony book in your aught. — And I can say the single carritch, and the double carritch, and justification, and effectual calling, and the assembly of divines at Westminster, that is," (she added in a low tone) " I could say...1818, Sir Walter Scott, The heart of Midlothian
    • Can I forget how lang and weel The carritches ye made me read ?1870, Edwin Paxton Hood, The Peerage of Poverty

Forms of carritch

pluralcarritches

Questions about carritch

What does carritch mean?
Carritch means a catechism.
What part of speech is carritch?
Carritch is a noun.
What is the plural of carritch?
The plural of carritch is carritches.

Words near carritch in the dictionary

  1. carrion flowers
  2. Carrion's disease
  3. carrions
  4. Carris
  5. Carrises
  6. carritch
  7. carritches
  8. Carritt
  9. Carriveau
  10. Carriveaus
  11. carriwitchet

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