Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recatholicization

/ɹiːkəθɒlɪsʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-catholi-ciza-tion
IPA: /ɹiːkəθɒlɪsʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

33

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of making a person or region Catholic again.

Example Sentences

"From 1722, a handful of these refugees from Moravia in Bohemia, victims of the inexorable Habsburg recatholicization of central Europe, were given shelter to the north of the Habsburg frontiers by a Lutheran nobleman [...]."

Etymology

From re- + Catholicization.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɹiːkəθɒlɪsʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

Inflected Forms

recatholicizations (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce recatholicization?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹiːkəθɒlɪsʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/.
What does recatholicization mean?: The act of making a person or region Catholic again.
Where does recatholicization come from?: From re- + Catholicization.

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