The process of making something Catholic or universal in nature; the spread and establishment of Catholicism.
From catholicize + -ation suffix. American spelling variant; the -ize ending marks American English standardization.
The 'catholicization' of the Americas after 1492 is one of history's most consequential cultural transformations—millions of indigenous peoples' beliefs merged with Christianity in complex ways.
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