1. to establish or conduct missionary work among (a people or in a region); to convert to Christianity through missionary activity
Usage: past tense and past participle of missionize; often used in historical contexts

Examples

• Spanish colonists missionized the indigenous peoples of California in the 18th century.
• The remote island was missionized by European missionaries in the 1800s.
• Many Native American tribes were missionized during the colonial period.
• The region had been thoroughly missionized by the time of independence.
• Historians study how various cultures were missionized by different religious groups.
• The community was missionized through the establishment of churches and schools.