Protestantize

[ prot-uh-stuhn-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, Prot·es·tant·ized, Prot·es·tant·iz·ing.

1. to convert or cause to conform to Protestantism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Protestantize¹

First recorded in 1825–35; Protestant + -ize

Example Sentences

Belgian-born Theologian Gommar De Pauw, 46, of Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Maryland likes it so little that he has organized a "Catholic Traditionalist Movement," which recently delivered a manifesto to the nation's bishops, charging that liturgical reform is part of a scheme to "Protestantize" Catholic worship and doctrine.

From Time Magazine Archive

The various Protestant societies actually spent £100,000 yearly in the vain attempt to Protestantize the Romans.

From Project Gutenberg

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

The new "English interest" thus created was often hostile to the soundest rules of policy and always opposed to the dictates of right and justice; but the double desire to conquer and to convert—to anglicize and Protestantize—blinded many to the lawless means by which they were worked out.

From Project Gutenberg