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heathenize

verb

Etymology

From heathen + -ize.

  1. inherited from *haiþīnaz✻ — “heathen, pagan”
  2. inherited from *haiþin✻
  3. inherited from hǣþen
  4. inherited from hethen
  5. suffixed as heathenize — “heathen + ize”

Definitions

  1. To render heathen

    To render heathen; to convert to heathenism.

    • The continuance of these unscriptural terms, without an exact application of them in sermons and catechisms, heathenizes all the common people, nay and great numbers of not unlearned persons.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA