Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To make or become pagan.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render pagan; convert to heathenism; adapt to pagan systems or principles.
- To adopt pagan customs or practices; become pagan.
- Also spelled
paganise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To behave like pagans.
- transitive verb To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To convert to
paganism . - verb intransitive, obsolete To behave like
pagans .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make pagan in character
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is likely to have been the original position of the altar -- removed later to "de-paganize" the structure.
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The charge therefore of some against us that we paganize the nation, by reason of some different apprehensions from others concerning the regular constitution of particular churches for the celebration of gospel worship, is wondrous vain and ungrounded.
A Discourse concerning Evangelical Love, Church Peace, and Unity 1616-1683 1965
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He would paganize, Latinize and Mediterraneanize the genius of Europe.
Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations John Cowper Powys 1917
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Paul, setting out on his journeys with the great idea of converting heathens, was obliged to paganize the Gospel.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Rossiter Johnson 1906
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Unfortunately, the knowledge of letters in Italy tended to paganize its adherents.
Colleges in America John Marshall Barker 1888
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It is bad enough that the marketing industry has hijacked Christmas by turning it into a pagan holiday for hocking off tacky merchandise and over eating fatty foods, but now, they're even trying quite literally to paganize Easter by bringing in pagan gods of antiquity.
Euangelion Michael F. Bird 2010
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But to flat out paganize Easter by bringing in the gods of Olympus to sell chocolate is just … well … somewhere between loopy and beyond the pale.
Euangelion Michael F. Bird 2010
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Gregory wasn't the first or the last to paganize Christianity.
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Gregory wasn't the first or the last to paganize Christianity.
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Gregory wasn't the first or the last to paganize Christianity.
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