Anglicanizev.
/ˈaŋɡlᵻk(ə)nʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈæŋɡlək(ə)ˌnaɪz/ 1. transitive. = anglicize v. 1.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [verb (transitive)]
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1800 R. Southey New Lett. (1965) I. 225 You know how any foreign country makes an Englishman proud, and will easily conceive that I am all Anglicanized already.
1853 Times 9 Nov. 8/3 The Government of the United States..is possessed with the idea that we are about to Anglicanize Cuba.
1904 L. O. Brastow Repres. Mod. Preachers 50 Although in remote lineage he may have been Scotch, he had become thoroughly Anglicanized.
1993 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 3 June (Entertainment section) 14 The kids Anglicanized the family name.
2. transitive. To make (a person, Church, etc.) Anglican in doctrine, character, or some other feature.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > [verb (transitive)]
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1848 R. K. Sconce Testimony Antiq. to Supremacy Holy See 128/2 By interpolation and erasing, it is not difficult to Anglicanize even St. Optatus... Mr. Allwood..cuts out a sentence which would have spoiled him as witness for Anglicanism.
1870 Times 25 May 8/5 No attempts were made to Anglicanize the Church.
1919 N. Hill Story Sc. Church vii. 143 Events..were destined to interrupt for some years James' policy of seeking to strengthen his position by Anglicanising the Scottish Church.
1962 Observer 20 May 31/3 Many of our cathedrals, having duly ‘Anglicanised’ the chancel more and more through three centuries, have destroyed the raison d'être of the basilican plan.
2003 Archit. Hist. 46 99 In his Scottish religious policy, Charles was not seeking to ‘anglicanize’ the Kirk, but to establish uniformity of religious practices throughout his kingdom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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