Home › Words › V › vaticanizevaticanizevaticanize means to make to conform to the religious principles and practices of the Vatican.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, vaticanize ranks #34,775 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Vatican + -ize.verbTo make to conform to the religious principles and practices of the Vatican.e.g.“But we have here no attempt to Vaticanize the Celtic Church.” — 1912, Princeton Theological Review, volume 10, page 148:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).