De-paganize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 Alternative form of depaganize. alt-of, alternative
"In his zeal to de-paganize the Empire, Ambrose had baptized these garments along with their wearers—had indeed rooted their suitability in the Scriptures, rejecting as a hallmark of paganism and threat to the body politic only the sartorial excesses of perceived effeminacy, the "cross-dressing" condemned alike by Deuteronomy and Roman civic discourse."
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More examples"In his zeal to de-paganize the Empire, Ambrose had baptized these garments along with their wearers—had indeed rooted their suitability in the Scriptures, rejecting as a hallmark of paganism and threat to the body politic only the sartorial excesses of perceived effeminacy, the "cross-dressing" condemned alike by Deuteronomy and Roman civic discourse."
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