🗂️ To organize ⛪ To convert (Methodist)

to methodize

9.9

To make someone join the Methodist church and follow its beliefs

verb
/ˈmɛθəˌdaɪz/

Jargon

: metodizar

The revival meeting sought to methodize many villagers and bring them into the local congregation.

Examples

During the 19th century, missionaries traveled to methodize remote communities.
The preacher hoped to methodize the new settlers in the region.
The pastor methodizes new members every year.
They were methodizing the congregation.
The missionaries aimed to methodize the inhabitants of the isolated village and guide them in their faith.
At the annual conference, the leaders discussed strategies to methodize new believers and integrate them into the church.
The church wanted to methodize as many people as possible during the outreach program this summer.

Synonyms

to evangelize

vsto methodize

3 6.9

Try to persuade people to accept a belief, often a religious one

aims at adopting a specific denomination's doctrines rather than general persuasion

to Christianize

vsto methodize

1 7.7

To make people or places follow Christianity

converts specifically to the doctrines and practices of one denomination

to missionize

vsto methodize

8.4

To try to make people follow a religion

focuses on converting to one denomination rather than general missionary activity

Surface Forms

methodize infinitive

methodized past

methodized past participle

methodizing present participle

methodizes third person singular

Morphology

methodize = Methodist (semi-transparent) = Methodist + ize

The verb is built regularly from 'Methodist' plus '-ize', but the sense is specialized to conversion to the Methodist church.

Etymology

Methodize can also mean to bring someone into the Methodist church. Methodist comes from method ('a way' or 'system') because early members followed a regular way of worship, so to methodize someone is to make them join or follow the Methodist way.