unpaganizingn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpeɪɡənʌɪzɪŋ/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈpeɪɡn̩ʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈpeɪɡəˌnaɪzɪŋ/ rare after early 18th cent.
The action of reducing or removing pagan beliefs of influence.
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1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness x. ix. 515 The power of His spirit shall be more potently felt for the unpaganizing of the World.
1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism i. i. 10/1 The Hebrew Theology, the Design and Business whereof is the due Unpaganizing of a People.
2006 D. L. Wallace Death Civilization 93 Democracy amounted to a similar re-humanizing and unpaganizing of the world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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