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Christianise

verb
1.
Convert to Christianity.  Synonym: Christianize.






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"Christianise" Quotes from Famous Books



... number of Gipsies who encamped in his parish in the country, and not far from the vicarage, "raised their hats to him as he passed them, he returned the compliment." Poor stuff this to educate their children and to civilise and Christianise their parents. ...
— Gipsy Life - being an account of our Gipsies and their children • George Smith

... extent the ideals of the British Empire succeed only for the socialistic "vision" which inspires it. But the chief fault of this "vision" is that it is so busy making black men clean and "Christian" that it has no vigour left to clean up and "Christianise" the dirt and heathenism at home. It would rather, metaphorically speaking (I had vowed never to use that expression again in the New Year, but—well, there it is!), bring the ideals of Western civilisation into the jungles of Darkest Africa ...
— Over the Fireside with Silent Friends • Richard King



Words linked to "Christianise" :   Christianisation, convert, Christianize



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