What does de-paganize mean?
De-paganize means Alternative form of depaganize..
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Alternative form of depaganize..
In his zeal to de-paganize the Empire, Ambrose had baptized these garments along with their wearers—had indeed rooted their suitability in the Scriptures, rejecting as a hallmark of paganism and threat to the body politic only the sartorial excesses of perceived effeminacy, the "cross-dressing" condemned alike by Deuteronomy and Roman civic discourse.
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De-paganize means Alternative form of depaganize..
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In his zeal to de-paganize the Empire, Ambrose had baptized these garments along with their wearers—had indeed rooted their suitability in the Scriptures, rejecting as a hallmark of paganism and threat to the body politic only the sartorial excesses of perceived effeminacy, the "cross-dressing" condemned alike by Deuteronomy and Roman civic discourse.
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