catholicize

Questions about catholicize

What does catholicize mean?

catholicize means "cause to adopt Catholicism".

How many syllables are in catholicize?

catholicize has 4 syllables: ca-tho-li-cize. The stress falls on "tho".

What is another word for catholicize?

Close synonyms include catholicise, latinize, latinise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catholicize a common word?

catholicize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.