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CATHOLICIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does catholicize mean?
• CATHOLICIZE (verb)
The verb CATHOLICIZE has 1 sense:
1. cause to adopt Catholicism
Familiarity information: CATHOLICIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to adopt Catholicism
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
catholicise; catholicize; latinise; latinize
Hypernyms (to "catholicize" is one way to...):
convert (cause to adopt a new or different faith)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
Catholicism (the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church)
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