protestantize
protestantize verb: to convert to Protestantism.
Verb (1)
protestantize (third-person singular simple present protestantizes, present participle protestantizing, simple past and past participle protestantized)
- To convert to Protestantism.
Verb (2) capitalized: Protestantize
Protestantize (third-person singular simple present Protestantizes, present participle Protestantizing, simple past and past participle Protestantized)
- To make Protestant; to convert to Protestantism.
- There had been nothing strange about the [Christmas] tree before, but now, with some one kneeling before it,—images, candles, … Grandfather merely put his finger-tips to his brow and bowed his venerable head, thus Protestantizing the atmosphere.1918, Willa Cather, chapter 12, in My Ántonia, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 99
- To become Protestant; to convert to Protestantism.
- Before the Reformation, whatever wars took place, there remained throughout Europe the underlying concept of an essential unity of Christendom, an idea that all states still formed part of a common body. Even after it, when Charles V came to an agreement with the Protestantizing princes of the...1956, Fletcher Pratt, The Battles That Changed History, Garden City, NY: Dolphin, Chapter 9, section 7, p. 193
Antonyms of protestantize
- unprotestantize
- de-Protestantize
- un-Protestantize
Forms of protestantize
| third-person singular present | protestantizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | protestantizing |
| past participle | protestantized |
| past | protestantized |
| third-person singular present | Protestantizes |
| present participle | Protestantizing |
| past participle | Protestantized |
| past | Protestantized |
| alternative form | Protestantise |
| alternative form | protestantise |
| alternative form | protestantize |
Origin of protestantize
From Protestant + -ize.
Words formed from protestantize
- Protestantization
- de-Protestantization
- re-Protestantization
- re-Protestantize
Questions about protestantize
- What does protestantize mean?
- Protestantize means to convert to Protestantism.
- What part of speech is protestantize?
- Protestantize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of protestantize?
- The past tense of protestantize is protestantized.
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