catholicise

/kə'θɔlisaiz/

Thân thiện

The missionary worked to catholicise the local community.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Verb

1. cause to adopt Catholicism

Từ đồng nghĩa

• catholicize
• latinize
• latinise