catholicize
catholicize is the alternative spelling of Catholicize.
Verb capitalized: Catholicize
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.
Antonyms of catholicize
- de-Catholicize
- un-Catholicize
Forms of catholicize
| third-person singular present | catholicizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | catholicizing |
| past participle | catholicized |
| past | catholicized |
| third-person singular present | Catholicizes |
| present participle | Catholicizing |
| past participle | Catholicized |
| past | Catholicized |
| alternative form | Catholicise |
| alternative form | catholicize |
| alternative form | catholicise |
Origin of catholicize
From Catholic + -ize.
Words formed from catholicize
- Catholicization
- Catholicizer
- de-Catholicization
- decatholicize
- re-Catholicization
- re-Catholicize
- uncatholicize
Questions about catholicize
- What does catholicize mean?
- Catholicize means to make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.
- What is catholicize the alternative spelling of?
- Catholicize is the alternative spelling of Catholicize.
- What part of speech is catholicize?
- Catholicize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of catholicize?
- The past tense of catholicize is catholicized.
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