Protestantize

American  

[prot-uh-stuhn-tahyz] / ˈprɒt ə stənˌtaɪz /

especially British, Protestantise

verb (used with object)

Protestantized, Protestantizing

1. to convert or cause to conform to Protestantism.

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Etymology

Origin of Protestantize

First recorded in 1825–35; Protestant + -ize

Example Sentences

These were nearly all Protestants; to encourage them would have done more to Protestantize the country than all the penal laws and charter schools put together; but they were ruthlessly sacrificed to the greed of the English manufacturers.

From Project Gutenberg

They amused themselves with the idea of a Puritanical opera, declared that the English wished to Protestantize music, and suggested "Calvin" or "The Sabbath" as good subjects for this new and entirely English class of operas.

From Project Gutenberg