apostolizing

Verb

apostolize (third-person singular simple present apostolizes, present participle apostolizing, simple past and past participle apostolized)

1. (archaic) To convert; to proselytize.
   • 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.1855, Aleksandr Herzen, My Exile in Siberia, page 246
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.1951, Robert Nash, Living your faith, page 90