gentilizing — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Causing one to become, or becoming, a gentile.

   Examples

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   This is not my Conjecture, but dravvn from God’s knovvn Denouncement againſt the gentilizing Iſraelites, vvho though they vvere govern’d in a Commonvvealth of God’s ovvn ordaining, he only thir King, they his peculiar People, yet affecting rather to reſemble Heathen, but pretending the Miſgovernment of Samuel’s Sons, no more a reaſon to diſlike thir Commonvvealth, than the Violence of Eli’s Sons vvas imputable to that Prieſthood or Religion, clamour’d for a King.

Noun

1. gerund of gentilize The act of becoming a gentile, or adopting gentile customs and practices.

2. gerund of gentilize The act of becoming a gentleman.

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Rare