PAGANIZE

paganize, paganise

(verb) make pagan in character; “The Church paganized Christianity”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

paganize (third-person singular simple present paganizes, present participle paganizing, simple past and past participle paganized)

(transitive) To convert (someone) to paganism.

Synonym: heathenize

(intransitive, obsolete) To behave like a pagan.

Source: Wiktionary


Pa"gan*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paganized; p. pr. & vb. n. Paganizing.]

Definition: To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism. Hallywell.

Pa"gan*ize, v. i.

Definition: To behave like pagans. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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