| 释义 |
reˈpaganize, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. and intr. To make or become pagan again. Hence reˈpaganized ppl. a.; reˈpaganizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also reˈpaganizer, repaganiˈzation.
1672Eachard Hobbs's St. Nat. Lett. 12 An Universal repaganizer, Popeling, a worshipper of the beast [etc.]. 1685H. More Paralip. Prophet. xlii. 361 Therefore the Re-paganizing of the Church must be presently after. Ibid. 362 If he could not..have turned off Constantine from the Faith or Re-paganized the Christians. 1701Beverley Apoc. Quest. 11 This Empire Repaganizing through Anti⁓christianism, undermining, and supplanting True Christianity. [See also repaganic.]1854Milman Lat. Chr. iv. v. (1864) II. 292 The chief objects of worship in the re-Paganized land were three statues of gilded brass. 1888Outlook & Sabb. Quarterly (N.Y.) Jan. 457 You have also thought, no doubt, on the repaganization of Christendom. |