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Christianization

Christianization noun: the act or process of converting or being converted to Christianity.

Noun

Christianization (plural Christianizations)

  1. The act or process of converting or being converted to Christianity.
    • We should not underestimate European laypeople. They were perfectly capable of thinking for themselves, particularly about death, a religious theme in which everyone had an investment and about which everyone was likely to have an opinion. There is no need to invoke the idea of systematic pagan...2003, Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Reformation: A History, Penguin, →ISBN, page 16

Christianization meaning in Tagalog, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

Christianization in Tagalog

converting to Christianity
samakakristo, pagsasakristiyano

Christianization in Arabic

converting to Christianity
تَمْسِيح tamsīḥ, تَنْصِير tanṣīr

Christianization in Malay

converting to Christianity
kristianisasi, pengkristianan

Christianization in Indonesian

converting to Christianity
kristenisasi, pengkristenan

Forms of Christianization

pluralChristianizations
alternative formChristianisation

Origin of Christianization

Analyzable as Christianize + -ation or Christian + -ization.

Questions about Christianization

What does Christianization mean?
Christianization means the act or process of converting or being converted to Christianity.
What is Christianization in Tagalog?
Christianization in Tagalog is samakakristo, pagsasakristiyano. See Christianization meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is Christianization?
Christianization is a noun.
What is the plural of Christianization?
The plural of Christianization is Christianizations.

Words near Christianization in the dictionary

  1. christianistic
  2. Christianists
  3. christianite
  4. Christianities
  5. christianity
  6. Christianization
  7. Christianizations
  8. Christianize
  9. Christianized
  10. Christianizer
  11. Christianizers

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