paganize
IPA: pˈeɪgʌnaɪz
verb
- (transitive) To convert (someone) to paganism.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To behave like a pagan.
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Examples of "paganize" in Sentences
- Gregory wasn't the first or the last to paganize Christianity.
- He would paganize, Latinize and Mediterraneanize the genius of Europe.
- Unfortunately, the knowledge of letters in Italy tended to paganize its adherents.
- This is likely to have been the original position of the altar -- removed later to "de-paganize" the structure.
- Paul, setting out on his journeys with the great idea of converting heathens, was obliged to paganize the Gospel.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.