Word Study
catholicize
CIDE DICTIONARY
catholicize, v. t. & i.
To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
catholicize, v.tr. & intr. (also -ise)
1 make or become catholic.
2 (Catholicize) make or become a Roman Catholic.
1 make or become catholic.
2 (Catholicize) make or become a Roman Catholic.
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