depaganize

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verb

To remove the pagan qualities or elements of.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

verbdepaganize (third-person singular simple present depaganizes, present participle depaganizing, simple past and past participle depaganized)

present singular third person depaganizes · participle present depaganizing · participle past depaganized · past depaganized · alternative de-paganize · alternative depaganise · alternative de-paganise

  1. To remove the pagan qualities or elements of.

    Her prescription sought to magically depaganize the root so that it would sedate the users, not excite them.

    2018, Thomas Hatsis, Psychedelic Mystery Traditions
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    He was also a geographer and astronomer who tried to depaganize the heavens by introducing Biblical figures and symbols as constellations.

    2003, Morton Wagman, Lost Stars, page 211

    Muhammad related Islām to Abraham considered as its religious ancestor, and by proclaiming this patriarch the founder of the Ka'ba, he was confident that he could depaganize the old Mekkan sanctuary and consecrate it to the worship of Allah.

    2013, Henri Lammens, Islam: Beliefs and Institutions, page 28

Origin

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Chicago

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