confessionalization
UK/kənˌfɛʃ(ə)nəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
confessionalization noun: the fixing of religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.
Noun
confessionalization (countable and uncountable, plural confessionalizations)
- The fixing of religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.
- Confessionalization represents the defeat of efforts to rebuild the unified Latin Church.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 639
- Regardless of belief, all secular and ecclesiastical authorities pursued similar policies of ‘confessionalization’ intended to impose the official faith of their territory through education, improved clerical supervision and more intensive ‘visitations’ to probe individual belief and monitor...2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 121
Forms of confessionalization
| plural | confessionalizations |
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Origin of confessionalization
From confessionalize + -ation.
Questions about confessionalization
- What does confessionalization mean?
- Confessionalization means the fixing of religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.
- What part of speech is confessionalization?
- Confessionalization is a noun.
- How do you pronounce confessionalization?
- Confessionalization is pronounced /kənˌfɛʃ(ə)nəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of confessionalization?
- The plural of confessionalization is confessionalizations.
Words near confessionalization in the dictionary
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