In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
LATINIZE
catholicize, catholicise, latinize, latinise
(verb) cause to adopt Catholicism
Latinize
(verb) translate into Latin
Romanize, Romanise, Latinize, Latinise
(verb) write in the Latin alphabet; “many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
latinize (third-person singular simple present latinizes, present participle latinizing, simple past and past participle latinized)
(nonstandard) Alternative letter-case form of Latinize
Etymology
Verb
Latinize (third-person singular simple present Latinizes, present participle Latinizing, simple past and past participle Latinized)
(transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.
(transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize
(transitive) To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in.
Source: Wiktionary
Lat"in*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latinized; p. pr. & vb. n. Latinizing.] Etym: [L. latinizare: cf. F.latiniser.]
1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.
2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. "Latinized races." Lowell.
3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.
Lat"in*ize, v. i.
Definition: To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. Dryden.
2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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17 November 2024
MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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