Meanings
plural Christianizations · alternative Christianisation
- The act or process of converting or being converted to Christianity.
1 more example
We should not underestimate European laypeople. They were perfectly capable of thinking for themselves, particularly about death, a religious theme in which everyone had an investment and about which everyone was likely to have an opinion. There is no need to invoke the idea of systematic pagan survival to account for this: Europe’s mass Christianization had been a steady if piecemeal process from the sixth century through to the fourteenth.
2003, Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Reformation: A History, Penguin, →ISBN, page 16
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Analyzable as Christianize + -ation or Christian + -ization.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Christianisering, Christianisasie
- Christianiseringconverting to Christianity
- Christianisasieconverting to Christianity
Arabic تَمْسِيح, تَنْصِير
- تَمْسِيح (tamsīḥ)converting to Christianity
- تَنْصِير (tanṣīr)converting to Christianity
Bulgarian християнизация
- християнизация (hristijanizacija)converting to Christianity
Catalan cristianització
- cristianitzacióconverting to Christianity
Chinese Mandarin 基督教化
- 基督教化 (Jīdūjiàohuà)converting to Christianity
Czech christianizace, kristianizace
- christianizaceconverting to Christianity
- kristianizaceconverting to Christianity
Danish kristianisering
- kristianiseringconverting to Christianity
Dutch kerstening, christianisatie
- kersteningconverting to Christianity
- christianisatieconverting to Christianity
Esperanto kristanigo
- kristanigoconverting to Christianity
Finnish kristillistäminen, kristillistyminen
- kristillistäminenconverting to Christianity
- kristillistyminenconverting to Christianity
French christianisation
- christianisationconverting to Christianity
German Christianisierung
- Christianisierungconverting to Christianity
Greek εκχριστιανισμός
- εκχριστιανισμός (ekchristianismós)converting to Christianity
Indonesian kristenisasi, pengkristenan
- kristenisasiconverting to Christianity
- pengkristenanconverting to Christianity
Italian cristianizzazione
- cristianizzazioneconverting to Christianity
Japanese キリスト教化
- キリスト教化 (Kirisuto-kyō-ka)converting to Christianity
Korean 기독교화
- 기독교화 (gidokgyohwa)converting to Christianity
Malay kristianisasi, pengkristianan
- kristianisasiconverting to Christianity
- pengkristiananconverting to Christianity
Māori whakakaraitianatanga
- whakakaraitianatangaconverting to Christianity
Norwegian kristianisering
- kristianiseringconverting to Christianity
Polish chrystianizacja
- chrystianizacjaconverting to Christianity
Portuguese cristianização
- cristianizaçãoconverting to Christianity
Romanian creștinare, creștinizare
- creștinareconverting to Christianity
- creștinizareconverting to Christianity
- creștinizațieconverting to Christianity
Russian христианиза́ция
- христианиза́ция (xristianizácija)converting to Christianity
Slovak kristianizácia
- kristianizáciaconverting to Christianity
Spanish cristianización
- cristianizaciónconverting to Christianity
Swedish kristnande, kristianisering
- kristnandeconverting to Christianity
- kristianiseringconverting to Christianity
Tagalog samakakristo, pagsasakristiyano
- samakakristoconverting to Christianity
- pagsasakristiyanoconverting to Christianity
Ukrainian християніза́ція
- християніза́ція (xrystyjanizácija)converting to Christianity
Welsh Cristioneiddiad
- Cristioneiddiadconverting to Christianity
Cite this entry
Christianization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christianization
“Christianization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christianization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Christianization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christianization.
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