confessionalization
Pronunciations
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/kənˌfɛʃ(ə)nəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Noun
The fixing of religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.
Usage- Countable
- Historical
- Uncountable
- Related words
- Examples
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Confessionalization represents the defeat of efforts to rebuild the unified Latin Church.
More examples (1)
Regardless of belief, all secular and ecclesiastical authorities pursued similar policies of ‘confessionalization’ intended to impose the official faith of their territory through education, improved clerical supervision and more intensive ‘visitations’ to probe individual belief and monitor religious practices.
Word forms
confessionalizations