heathenize

Etymology

From heathen + -ize.

heathenize means to render heathen; to convert to heathenism. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To render heathen; to convert to heathenism.“The continuance of these unscriptural terms, without an exact application of them in sermons and catechisms, heathenizes all the common people, nay and great numbers of not unlearned persons.”