CHRISTIANISATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Christianisation mean? 

• CHRISTIANISATION (noun)
  The noun CHRISTIANISATION has 1 sense:

1. conversion to Christianity

  Familiarity information: CHRISTIANISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRISTIANISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conversion to Christianity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

Christianisation; Christianization

Hypernyms ("Christianisation" is a kind of...):

conversion (a change of religion)

Derivation:

Christianise (convert to Christianity)

 Context examples 

The poem’s interpretation as a prophecy of the end of the pagan gods and their replacement by the one, singular god, suggests that memories of this terrible volcanic eruption were purposefully provoked to stimulate the Christianisation of Iceland.

(Volcanic eruption influenced Iceland’s conversion to Christianity, University of Cambridge)

Having dated the eruption, the researchers found that Iceland’s most celebrated medieval poem, which describes the end of the pagan gods and the coming of a new, singular god, describes the eruption and uses memories of it to stimulate the Christianisation of Iceland.

(Volcanic eruption influenced Iceland’s conversion to Christianity, University of Cambridge)