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heathenize

[ hee-thuh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

heathenized, heathenizing.
  1. to make heathen.


verb (used without object)

heathenized, heathenizing.
  1. to become heathen.

heathenize

/ ˈ³ó¾±Ëðəˌ²Ô²¹Éª³ú /

verb

  1. to render or become heathen, or bring or come under heathen influence
  2. intr to engage in heathen practices
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of heathenize1

First recorded in 1675–85; heathen + -ize
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Instead of your Christianizing them, they will heathenize you.

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What made Daniel steadfast amidst all the efforts to heathenize him during his captivity in Babylon?

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It is there an act of the Babylonish king to heathenize the child.

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Strip the Christian family of its mission as a nursery for the soul; wrest from the parents their high prerogative as stewards of God; and you heathenize home, yea, you brutalize it!

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Associated words: pyrology, pyrologist, thermology, pyrometry, pyrometer, pyronomics, calorifics, therm, thermal, pyrography, caloric, calorie, thermic, swelter, thermostat, thermometer, thermometry. heat, n. vehemence, fire, ardor, impetuosity, fervor, fervency, zeal, intensity, enthusiasm; Å“strus, rut. heat, v. warm, calefy. heathen, a. pagan, heathenish, paganic, gentile, paganish; irreligious, godless. heathen, n. pagan, idolater. heathenism, n. idolatry, paganism, pagandom, gentilism; irreligion, godlessness. heathenize, v. paganize. heat stroke. insolation. heaven, n.

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