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(transitive) To make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism. / (intransitive) To become Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.

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Catholicize

Source Word

Catholicize

transitive intransitive

(transitive) To make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism. / (intransitive) To become Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）カトリックにする、すなわちカトリックに改宗させる。 / （自動詞）カトリックになる、すなわちカトリックに改宗する。

The missionary efforts aimed to Catholicize the indigenous communities over several generations.

宣教師の布教活動は、数世代にわたって先住民のコミュニティをカトリックに改宗させることを目指した。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.

Dickinson's iconography of suffering, with its sexualized pleasure-pain, Catholicizes austere American Protestantism.

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To become Catholic; to convert to Catholicism.

Catholicizes

（ present singular third-person ）

Catholicizing

（ participle present ）

Catholicized

（ participle past ）

Catholicized

（ past ）