catholicize
/kə'θɔlisaiz/
Definition
- Transitive Verb:
- To cause to adopt Catholicism: To convert someone or a group to the Roman Catholic faith; to make Catholic in belief or practice.
Usage Examples
- Transitive Verb:
- The missionaries sought to catholicize the indigenous population.
- Efforts to catholicize the region met with both success and resistance.
Advanced Usage
- Historical/Religious Context: The term is often used in historical, theological, or sociological discussions about religious conversion, missionary work, and cultural change.
- The decree aimed to catholicize the liturgy across the empire.
Variants and Related Words
- Catholicization (n): The process or act of making something Catholic.
- The catholicization of the festival incorporated local traditions.
- Catholic (adj/n): (1) Of the Roman Catholic Church. (2) A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanize (v): Sometimes used in a similar historical context for conversion to Roman Catholicism, though it can also refer to writing in the Roman alphabet.
Synonyms
- Convert to Catholicism: The most direct synonym.
- Romanize: In specific historical contexts (e.g., the Romanization of the Celtic church).
Antonyms
- Protestantize: To convert to Protestantism.
- Secularize: To remove religious influence or character.
Verb
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cause to adopt Catholicism
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