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inculturates

inculturates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inculturate.

Meaning of inculturate

Verb

inculturate (third-person singular simple present inculturates, present participle inculturating, simple past and past participle inculturated)

  1. (transitive) To adapt (Christian teachings) for a non-Christian culture.
    • I think that Western culture poses particular problems with regard to inculturation. You do not find theologians demanding that we be inculturated, adopt the norms of our society, and yet that is often what is happening.1999, Timothy Radcliffe, Sing a new song: the Christian vocation, Dominican Publications, →ISBN, page 255

Questions about inculturates

What is inculturates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Inculturates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inculturate.

Words near inculturates in the dictionary

  1. incult
  2. incultivated
  3. incultivation
  4. inculturate
  5. inculturated
  6. inculturates
  7. inculturating
  8. inculturation
  9. inculturations
  10. inculture
  11. incultured

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