1. to make pagan or convert to paganism
Usage: formal; religious contexts
2. to adopt pagan beliefs or practices
Usage: formal; religious contexts

Examples

• The missionary feared that local customs would paganize the new converts.
• Some scholars argue that certain festivals were attempts to paganize Christian holidays.
• The emperor’s policies seemed designed to paganize the formerly Christian territories.
• Critics claimed the ritual would paganize the traditional ceremony.
• The anthropologist studied how communities paganize under certain social pressures.
• Historical records show efforts to paganize the population during that period.