catholicise
catholicise is the alternative spelling of Catholicize.
Meaning of Catholicize
Verb
Catholicize (third-person singular simple present Catholicizes, present participle Catholicizing, simple past and past participle Catholicized)
- To make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.
- Dickinson's iconography of suffering, with its sexualized pleasure-pain, Catholicizes austere American Protestantism.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
- To become Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.
Verb capitalized: Catholicise
Catholicise (third-person singular simple present Catholicises, present participle Catholicising, simple past and past participle Catholicised)
- Alternative spelling of Catholicize.
Forms of catholicise
| third-person singular present | catholicises |
|---|---|
| present participle | catholicising |
| past participle | catholicised |
| past | catholicised |
| third-person singular present | Catholicises |
| present participle | Catholicising |
| past participle | Catholicised |
| past | Catholicised |
Origin of catholicise
From catholic + -ise.
From Catholic + -ise.
Words formed from catholicise
Questions about catholicise
- What is catholicise the alternative spelling of?
- Catholicise is the alternative spelling of Catholicize.
- What part of speech is catholicise?
- Catholicise is a verb.
- What is the past tense of catholicise?
- The past tense of catholicise is catholicised.
Words near catholicise in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: catholicise (page history and authors); Catholicise (page history and authors); Catholicize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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