catholicise
/kə'θɔlisaiz/
Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To cause to adopt Catholicism: To convert someone or a group to the Roman Catholic faith or to bring under the influence of Catholic doctrine and practice.
Usage
- The verb "catholicise" describes the action of making someone or something Catholic. It is typically used in historical, religious, or sociological contexts.
- It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object (e.g., ).
- The spelling "catholicize" is also standard, especially in American English.
Examples
- Verb:
- The missionaries sought to catholicise the indigenous people of the region.
- Efforts to catholicise the kingdom met with significant resistance from local religious leaders.
- The policy aimed not to persecute but to gradually catholicise the population through education.
Advanced Usage
- Historical/Process-Oriented Usage: Often used to describe broad historical processes of religious conversion or cultural change.
- The conquest was followed by a centuries-long campaign to catholicise the continent.
Variants and Related Words
- Catholicize (verb): An alternative spelling, identical in meaning.
- Catholicisation/Catholicization (noun): The process or result of making something Catholic.
- The catholicisation of the country was a slow and complex process.
- Recatholicise (verb): To convert back to Catholicism.
- After the Reformation, some rulers attempted to recatholicise their territories.
Synonyms
- Convert to Catholicism: The most direct synonym.
- Romanize (in specific historical/religious contexts): Can imply bringing under Roman (Catholic) authority or practice.
Antonyms
- Protestantize: To convert to Protestantism.
- Secularize: To remove religious influence or character.
Notes
- The word is derived from "Catholic" (with a capital 'C', referring specifically to the Roman Catholic Church) + the verb-forming suffix "-ise"/"-ize".
- It should not be confused with the lowercase adjective "catholic," which means "universal" or "all-embracing." The verb "catholicise" is specifically related to the religious denomination.
Verb
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cause to adopt Catholicism
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