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- verb Present participle of
Catholicize .
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Examples
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That the de-Catholicizing of the European economy meant the depersonalizing of this same economy is shown by the great, and now "indispensable," engine of capitalism, the limited stock company.
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To make matters worse, Millicent marries an extremely militant Catholic, and the two of them set about Catholicizing the previously Protestant parish.
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To make matters worse, Millicent marries an extremely militant Catholic, and the two of them set about Catholicizing the previously Protestant parish.
Verschoyle 2007
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Even in the form of the Confession published 1531 this Catholicizing tendency is marked, but in the original, now lost, it was probably stronger.
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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It was thus natural enough that the Catholicizing drift of the Romantic school should appeal to his aesthetic sympathies.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901
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It is along this line of reflection that we must seek the explanation of Schiller's Catholicizing tendency in 'Mary Stuart'.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901
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It was thus natural enough that the Catholicizing drift of the Romantic school should appeal to his aesthetic sympathies.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886
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Schiller's Catholicizing tendency in 'Mary Stuart'.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886
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Catholicizing the English language, as is very evident; and that is simply the creation of an _English Classical Literature_, for that has been done long ago, and would be a work beyond the powers of any body of men, even if it had still to be done.
The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin John Henry Newman 1845
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- have organized and inspired massive, institutionalized Spiritual Warfare campaigns successfully de-Catholicizing whole nations, such as Brazil.
Bruce Wilson: Palin's Spiritual War Network Partners With Homeland Security 2008
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