Apostolize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To convert; to proselytize. archaic

    "In the year 1835, the Holy Synod thought it necessary to apostolize a little in the district of Wiatka, and to convert the Tcheremisses (heathens) to the right faith."

  2. 2
    To make sacred or apostolic.

    "So he learns to "apostolize" the tying of a parcel or the washing of a dish, by offering that trivial action as an expression of his love."

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"In the year 1835, the Holy Synod thought it necessary to apostolize a little in the district of Wiatka, and to convert the Tcheremisses (heathens) to the right faith."

Etymology

From apostle + -ize.

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