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CATHOLICIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to adopt Catholicism

Synonyms:

catholicise; catholicize; latinise; latinize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "catholicize" is one way to...):

convert (cause to adopt a new or different faith)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

Catholicism (the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church)

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