Catholicize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism. transitive

    "Dickinson's iconography of suffering, with its sexualized pleasure-pain, Catholicizes austere American Protestantism."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of Catholicize. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    cause to adopt Catholicism wordnet
  4. 4
    To become Catholic; to convert to Catholicism. intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
catholiciselatiniselatinize

Example

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"Dickinson's iconography of suffering, with its sexualized pleasure-pain, Catholicizes austere American Protestantism."

Etymology

From Catholic + -ize.

Related phrases

de-Catholicizationre-Catholicizationre-Catholicize

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