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Christianization|ˌkrɪstjənaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. christianize + -ation.]
1. Making Christian; conversion to Christianity.
1833Chalmers Const. Man. (1835) II. ii. ii. 290 The basis of Christianization. 1835Duff in Life x. (1881) 157 The christianization of India. 1837J. D. Lang New S. Wales II. 308 Christianization and civilization of the aboriginal inhabitants of New South Wales.
2. The giving of a Christian character or form to.
1844Stanley Arnold I. iv. 222 No full development of the Church, no full Christianization of the State, could..take place, until, etc. 1847Ld. Lindsay Chr. Art I. 41 The habitual christianisation of heathen traditions. |