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Catholicize

To make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.

📖 Definitions of "Catholicize"

verb
  1. 1

    To make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.

  2. 2

    To become Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.

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latinizeverb(transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize

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latinizeverb(transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize
catholicisenounAlternative spelling of Catholicize. [(transitive) To make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.]
jesuitizeverb(transitive) To convert to the form of catholicism practiced by the Jesuits; to make (more) Jesuit.
christianizeverb(transitive) To cause to convert to Christianity.
popenoun(Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
romanizeverb(transitive) To put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.
protestantizeverb(transitive) To convert to Protestantism.
sacramentalizeverb(transitive, Christianity) To make sacramental.
convertnounA person who has converted to a religion.
jesuitiseverbAlternative form of Jesuitize. [(transitive) To convert to the form of catholicism practiced by the Jesuits; to make (more) Jesuit.]
vaticanizeverb(transitive, religion) To make to conform to the religious principles and practices of the Vatican.
ecclesiasticizeverb(transitive) To make ecclesiastic.
calvinizeverbTo convert to Calvinism.
islamicizeverb(transitive) To make Islamic; to convert to Islam.
cloisternounA covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:
lutheranizeverb(transitive) To make Lutheran; to convert to Lutheranism.
vaticaniseverbAlternative form of Vaticanize. [(transitive, religion) To make to conform to the religious principles and practices of the Vatican.]
mormonizeverb(US, transitive, rare) To convert to Mormonism.
civicizeverb(transitive) To make civic.
anglicanizeverbTo anglicize.

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