Judaize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
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to conform or bring into conformity with Judaism
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(tr) to convert to Judaism
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(tr) to imbue with Jewish principles
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Judaize
1575–85; < Late Latin jūdaizāre < Greek ioudaízein, equivalent to Ioudaî ( os ) Jew + -izein -ize
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But of more importance was the minor private cultus of pious exercises, which served to Judaize the whole life of every individual.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
Vespasian and Titus forebore to take the title "Judaicus" after their triumph, lest it should be taken to mean that they had Judaized.
From Josephus by Bentwich, Norman
The English translation of the Bible had to a very great degree Judaized, not the English mind, but the Puritan temper.
From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell
All the devout Gentiles whom Paul met on his journeys were Judaized Greeks or Syrians; for the Pharisees traversed land and sea to make one proselyte.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Its governing and wealthy classes were probably Greek, the common people being Hellenized and Judaized Aramaeans.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
It seems as if these good men, who went direct to the Old Testament for their politics, must have been hard set between their desire of scriptural authority and their dread of Judaizing.
From Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
His opponents at Thessalonica are not Judaizing Christians, but unconverted Jews, whose malignant opposition he describes in strong terms.
From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)
Between him and the older apostles arose a long and fierce controversy, which was healed only when at last his disciples and the Judaizing disciples of the apostles coalesced into the Catholic Church.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
Their religion is not far from embodying the very dream of the Judaizing zealots of the Apostolic age.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry
In 1475 the pope conferred on his legate in Castile full inquisitorial powers to prosecute and punish "Judaizing" Christians; but the mandate was not carried out.
From American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 by Cheyney, Edward Potts
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