unprotestantize

transitive verb

un·​protestantize

¦ən+

: to make other than Protestant : cause to change from Protestantism to another form of religion

also : to deprive of a Protestant characteristic

the attempt to unprotestantize the Church of England

—J. A. Froude

Word History

Etymology

un- entry 2 + protestantize

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

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