verb
- making or becoming Catholic in character, belief, or practice; converting to Catholicism or adopting Catholic principles
Usage: British spelling (American: catholicizing); present participle or gerund form of 'catholicise'; often used in historical or religious contexts
Examples
- The missionary was catholicising the local population through education and religious instruction.
- During the Reformation, some regions resisted catholicising efforts from Rome.
- The abbey played a key role in catholicising the countryside in medieval times.
- He accused the institution of catholicising its curriculum against the wishes of the community.
- The process of catholicising the newly conquered territories took several generations.