CATHOLICIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)