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confessionalize

confessionalize verb: to fix religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.

Verb

confessionalize (third-person singular simple present confessionalizes, present participle confessionalizing, simple past and past participle confessionalized)

  1. To fix religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.

Forms of confessionalize

third-person singular presentconfessionalizes
present participleconfessionalizing
past participleconfessionalized
pastconfessionalized

Origin of confessionalize

From confessional + -ize.

Words formed from confessionalize

Questions about confessionalize

What does confessionalize mean?
Confessionalize means to fix religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.
What part of speech is confessionalize?
Confessionalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of confessionalize?
The past tense of confessionalize is confessionalized.

Words near confessionalize in the dictionary

  1. confessionalistic
  2. confessionalists
  3. confessionality
  4. confessionalization
  5. confessionalizations
  6. confessionalize
  7. confessionalized
  8. confessionalizes
  9. confessionalizing
  10. confessionally
  11. confessionals

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