Definition of Christianise

1. Verb. Convert to Christianity. "Missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world"

Exact synonyms: Christianize
Generic synonyms: Convert
Derivative terms: Christianisation, Christianization

Definition of Christianise

1. Verb. (British spelling) To make Christian. ¹

2. Verb. (British spelling) To cause to convert to Christianity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Christianise

Christian liturgy
Christian metal
Christian name
Christian names
Christian religion
Christian rock
Christian soldier
Christian soldiers
Christian theology
Christian year
Christian years
Christiana
Christianese
Christiania
Christianisation
Christianise (current term)
Christianised
Christianises
Christianising
Christianism
Christianisms
Christianist
Christianists
Christianities
Christianity
Christianization
Christianize
Christianized
Christianizes
Christianizing

Literary usage of Christianise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1893)
"... colonised by Chinese; Manchu, the court and official language of China; Efforts to Christianise Manchuria, 158.—Mongolia; its dimensions and climate, ..."

2. Democracy and Liberty by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1899)
"It was a deliberate attempt on the part of the Government of a country to de-christianise the nation, to substitu te for religion devotion to a particular ..."

3. Democracy and Liberty by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1896)
"It was a deliberate attempt on the part of the Government of a country to de-christianise the nation, to substitute for ..."

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