Christianize
[kristjәnaiz]
Definition
(verb.) convert to Christianity; 'missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world'.
(verb.) adapt in the name of Christianity; 'some people want to Christianize ancient pagan sites'.
Typed by Barnaby--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans.
(v. t.) To imbue with or adapt to Christian principles.
(v. i.) To adopt the character or belief of a Christian; to become Christian.
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Examples
- The island was Christianized in the fifth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Though they were Christianized, they retained their own Turko-Finnic language (Magyar), and they retain it to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These Anglo-Saxons were as yet not Christianized. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Most of Gaul, Holland, and the Rhineland was under the fairly vigorous, Christianized, and much more civilized kingdom of the Franks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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