Christianize
verb (used with object)
to make Christian.
Christianized
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past participleof Christianize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof Christianize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Romm notes that though the Roman Empire in Stobaeus’ time was largely Christianized, there’s little evidence of that in the anthology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Many Roman festive practices did find sanctuary in the medieval liturgical calendar, in modified and Christianized form.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
And the authors, who were men as far as we know, were Christianized people writing about their “pagan” ancestors.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2022
Aquinas, a medieval philosopher, followed the Aristotelian composite of form and matter but modified the concept to fit within a Christianized cosmology.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
In Iceland, naturally by its position the last northern country to be Christianized, the missionaries seem to have been gentler, or, perhaps, they had less influence.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
