单词 | paganizing |
释义 | paganizingn. The action of paganize v. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > paganization > [noun] paganizing1652 paganization1856 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 110 To take heed of..Judaizing, Paganizing; of Idolatry, Atheism, Superstition. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. ii. 257 Christianity made some steps towards the old religion by the splendour of its ceremonial, and the incipient paganising, not of its creed, but of its popular belief. 1902 W. A. Dunning Hist. Polit. Theories xi. 290 The paganizing of morals and even of religion was only too clearly manifest in the life of the times. 1937 E. Underhill Worship (ed. 3) xi. 238 Nor does this mean..the paganizing of the Evangelical deposit. 1993 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 24 Dec. c14 What bothers me is the paganizing and commercializing of the holiday [sc. Christmas]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paganizingadj. Of a person, process, etc.: that paganizes someone or something. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > paganization > [adjective] paganized1599 paganizing1631 repaganized1701 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xi. §1. 96 Called abusively by Pagans and Heathens, and Paganizing Christians, the Goods of Fortune. 1853 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (ed. 3) ii. vi. 347 The Bible knows nothing of those paganising distinctions between relative worship and positive worship. 1894 G. Burton Adams Civilization during Middle Ages vi. 113 The clearest illustration, probably, of this paganizing process is the introduction of the worship of saints. 1927 tr. C. Guignebert Christianity, Past & Present iii. xix. 369 Marsiglio Ficino..pretends to combat the Averroist materialism and the unbelief of the paganizing writers. 1993 Times 14 Aug. 6/7 The paganising alchemists of the Renaissance made the Assumption the symbol of their own quest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652adj.1631 |
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