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catholicize
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ca·thol·i·cize  (k-thl-sz)
tr. & intr.v. ca·thol·i·cized, ca·thol·i·ciz·ing, ca·thol·i·ciz·es
1. To make or become catholic.
2. To convert or be converted to Catholicism.

catholicize, catholicise [kəˈθɒlɪˌsaɪz]
vb
1. to make or become catholic
2. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) (often capital) to convert to or become converted to Catholicism
catholicization , catholicisation n
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Verb1.catholicize - cause to adopt Catholicism
convert - cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"


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41) One of Bale's strategies for representing this threat is to link private use of manuscripts to monastic practices: that is, he Catholicizes the private use of manuscripts.
Klein's pomp and circumstance mitigated the banality of the empty room and Catholicizes any reading one might have of the piece.
 
 
 
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