heathenize

English

Etymology

heathen +‎ -ize

Verb

heathenize (third-person singular simple present heathenizes, present participle heathenizing, simple past and past participle heathenized)

1. (transitive) To render heathen; to convert to heathenism.

   Synonym: paganize

   • 1698, Stephen Nye, An account of Mr. Firmin's religion:

     The continuance of these unscriptural terms, without an exact application of them in sermons and catechisms, heathenizes all the common people, nay and great numbers of not unlearned persons.