theologize
theologize verb: to discuss or speculate about theological subjects.
Verb
theologize (third-person singular simple present theologizes, present participle theologizing, simple past and past participle theologized)
- 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
- To treat something from a theological viewpoint.
- School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized.1662, Joseph Glanvill, Lux Orientalis
theologize meaning in Tagalog
theologize in Tagalog
- treat something from a theological viewpoint
- bathalanin
Forms of theologize
| third-person singular present | theologizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | theologizing |
| past participle | theologized |
| past | theologized |
Origin of theologize
Ultimately from Latin theologizāre, with the transitive sense possibly being formed by theology + -ize.
Words formed from theologize
Questions about theologize
- What does theologize mean?
- Theologize means to discuss or speculate about theological subjects.
- What is theologize in Tagalog?
- Theologize in Tagalog is bathalanin. See Theologize meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is theologize?
- Theologize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of theologize?
- The past tense of theologize is theologized.
Words near theologize in the dictionary
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