What does gentilize mean?
Gentilize means (transitive) To render (something) gentile.
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(transitive) To render (something) gentile.
If it should appear by an exposition of the truth, that there is no such kind of soul in the universe as that conceited by the pagan Greeks and Romans, and gentilized into the doctrine of the apostles by contemporary perverters (Gal 1:7-9) of the gospel, the faith and hope of which it hath ulcerously consumed-and handed down to us by "orthodox divines"-and fondled in these times as an essential ingredient of a true faith:--what becomes of the "cure of souls" by the dogmatical specifics of the day?
You Marchant Mercers, and Monopolites, / Gain-greedy Chap-men, periur'd Hypocrites, / Diſſembling Broakers, made of all deceipts, / VVho falſifie your Meaures and your VVeights, / T' enrich you ſelues, and your vnthrifty Sons / To Gentillize with proud poſſeſſions: […]
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Gentilize means (transitive) To render (something) gentile.
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If it should appear by an exposition of the truth, that there is no such kind of soul in the universe as that conceited by the pagan Greeks and Romans, and gentilized into the doctrine of the apostles by contemporary perverters (Gal 1:7-9) of the gospel, the faith and hope of which it hath ulcerously consumed-and handed down to us by "orthodox divines"-and fondled in these times as an essential ingredient of a true faith:--what becomes of the "cure of souls" by the dogmatical specifics of the day?
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