单词 | unpaganize |
释义 | unpaganizev. Now rare. transitive. To remove pagan beliefs or influence from; to make less pagan in character. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > convert [verb (transitive)] > from paganism unpaganize1706 1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism ii. iii. 215/1 The knowledge of Satan's Polity in the Pagan World must necessarily have unpaganiz'd it, and ruined its Religion and Theopolity. 1801 H. M. Williams Sketches Manners French Republic I. vi. 47 Christianity had long spread its doctrines throughout the Roman empire before the world was quite unpaganized. 1872 Lambeth Rev. Mar. 118 Something is being done in many quarters in the way of un-Paganizing our funeral rites, which..are simply a disgrace to a Christian nation. 1922 Kiwanis Mag. July 14/3 ‘We Build’ was the acceptance of the challenge to unpaganize politics and business life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1706 |
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