To make Catholic in nature or to convert to Catholicism; to make universal or all-embracing.
From catholic + -ise suffix (British spelling). The verb form allows expressing the action of becoming or making something Catholic.
The British spelling 'catholicise' uses -ise, while Americans use -ize—this spelling difference shows how the same root word split when American English standardized differently from British English.
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