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papalize

papalize verb: to make papal; to introduce papal authority or Roman customs.

Verb

papalize (third-person singular simple present papalizes, present participle papalizing, simple past and past participle papalized)

  1. (transitive) To make papal; to introduce papal authority or Roman customs.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To conform to popery.
    • papalizing is the crime with which he charges all of that denomination1783 April 20, William Cowper, letter to Rev. John Newton

Forms of papalize

third-person singular presentpapalizes
present participlepapalizing
past participlepapalized
pastpapalized

Origin of papalize

From papal + -ize.

Words formed from papalize

Questions about papalize

What does papalize mean?
Papalize means to make papal; to introduce papal authority or Roman customs.
What part of speech is papalize?
Papalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of papalize?
The past tense of papalize is papalized.

Words near papalize in the dictionary

  1. papalistic
  2. papalists
  3. papalities
  4. papality
  5. papalization
  6. papalize
  7. papalized
  8. papalizer
  9. papalizers
  10. papalizes
  11. papalizing

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