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theologise

theologise is the alternative spelling of theologize.

Meaning of theologize

Verb

theologize (third-person singular simple present theologizes, present participle theologizing, simple past and past participle theologized)

  1. (intransitive) To discuss or speculate about theological subjects.
    • Take A Bishop Like Me is Moore's response to his critics in the form of an apologia for his stance on the ordination of both women and homosexuals. The book portrays with candor and a minimum of theologizing the struggles of the leader of an established and venerable institution […] to deal with...1979 April 28, John Graczak, “The Sacred and the Profane”, in Gay Community News, page 16
  2. (transitive) To treat something from a theological viewpoint.
    • School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized.1662, Joseph Glanvill, Lux Orientalis

Forms of theologise

third-person singular presenttheologises
present participletheologising
past participletheologised
pasttheologised

Questions about theologise

What is theologise the alternative spelling of?
Theologise is the alternative spelling of theologize.

Words near theologise in the dictionary

  1. theologicohistorical
  2. theologicometaphysical
  3. theologicopolitical
  4. theologics
  5. theologies
  6. theologise
  7. theologised
  8. theologiser
  9. theologisers
  10. theologises
  11. theologising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: theologise (page history and authors); theologize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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