单词 | ethnicize |
释义 | † ethnicizev. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To adopt attitudes, beliefs, etc., that are not Christian or Jewish; to diverge from Christianity or Judaism. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > practice paganism [verb (intransitive)] idolatrize1592 gentilize1593 idolizea1627 paganize1640 ethnicize1665 heathenize1681 infidelize1876 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) 247 Whereas both Tacitus and Josephus relate the sudden opening of the doors of the Temple,..they appear to me very much to Ethnicize in all these stories. 1890 Encycl. Brit. II. 183/1 All these parties..may be roughly divided into two..those who rigidly adhered to their native Judaism..; and those who ethnicised, either attaching themselves exclusively to Gentile culture, or combining elements of foreign thought and worship with their native faith. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1665 |
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