释义 |
Congreˈgationalize, v. [f. as prec. + -ize.] trans. To make congregational in sense 1 or 3.
1866J. B. Dykes in P. Freeman Rites & Ritual 102 The great work of remodelling, translating, simplifying, congregationalising (to use a barbarous word) the old Sarum Offices. 1882Advance (Chicago) 11 May 301 If no worse thing happens to the Presbyterian Church than a little more Congregationalizing of its system here and there. |