He attempted to reverse the Christianisation of the Roman Empire inaugurated by Constantine. From Wordnik.com. [Paying Homage to the Emperor] Reference
I'm against forced Islamisation as much as I'm against forced Christianisation, communisation, capitalisation or any other form of coercion. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
I see that various authorities are complaining about the de-Christianisation of Christmas, but I'm afraid I don't have much sympathy with that. From Wordnik.com. [December 2004] Reference
According to Sean O Suilleabhain writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of the Antiquaries of Ireland, the saint's feast "would seem to be a Christianisation of one of the focal points of the agricultural year.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
A claim of “Christianisation” was made against the women by a chapter of the Indonesian Council of Muslim Clerics, which alleged that they enticed Muslim children to participate and that they had tried to convert the children to Christianity by giving them gifts. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-07-24] Reference
That all chimes with the Pope's Christianisation agenda. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
As for the Roman Empire itself, Christianisation provided it with a new lease of life. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Hindutva ideologues say Dalits have acquired economic benefits, augmented by Christianisation. From Wordnik.com. [Communalism Watch] Reference
Hindutva rumours that Dalits have acquired economic benefits, augmented by their Christianisation. From Wordnik.com. [Communalism Watch] Reference
The telling of the Christmas story has been an important part of the Christianisation of Christmas. From Wordnik.com. [BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content] Reference
The Christianisation of Denmark had been completed under Cnut, who also ruled over England (1014-35). From Wordnik.com. [The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304] Reference
This event is regarded as the beginning of German Christianisation north and east of the borderd of the Roman Empire. From Wordnik.com. [Quazen] Reference
It was a great joy to meet with this devoted, heroic man and his equally brave and noble wife, who for the sake of Christianisation and civilisation of the. From Wordnik.com. [Three Boys in the Wild North Land] Reference
Reviewing these primitive local churches and churchmen, we see that the general Christianisation of our Strath began about 500 A.D., and has continued and grown ever since. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of Strathearn] Reference
In the last year he has used St Bede, St Boniface and St Anselm, early saints linked to Britain, who were important for the Christianisation of Europe, in his weekly catechesis. From Wordnik.com. [Clerical Whispers] Reference
The event set in motion the long process of Christianisation of Russia and it is highly significant as a symbol of Slavic unity, which the patriarch has referred to in the past. From Wordnik.com. [Spero News] Reference
The perceived de-Christianisation of England continues apace, with secularising calls from Parliament and pronouncements about an 'unavoidable' Islamification from Lambeth Palace. From Wordnik.com. [Cranmer] Reference
So inevitable was the Christianisation of England, that even while the flood of paganism was pouring westward, the east was beginning to receive the faith of Rome from the Frankish kingdom and from Italy. From Wordnik.com. [Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain] Reference
A principal partner in the Christianisation of India and China. From Wordnik.com. [Life of William Carey] Reference
If you’ve not read this account of the Christianisation of Tory party policy by the excellent Chris Cook at the FT, you should do so. From Wordnik.com. [Arise, geeks] Reference
From there we see the Christianisation of astronomy: the addition of more complex epicycles to the Ptolemaic system in order to maintain Earth's centrality and regular, circular movements of the heavens. watercolours of the phases of the moon, a letter pointing out that Saturn appeared to have two small satellites, and his later diary observations of the satellites of Jupiter, testify to his empirical confirmation of Copernicus's theories and the demolition of the geocentric universe. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Space] Reference
0966 - Christianisation of Poland. From Wordnik.com. [Nothingandall] Reference
Christianisation, i. From Wordnik.com. [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference
If accuracy is of any value in such a question, which has little more than a curious biographical interest, then we must add the seven years previous to 1801, and we shall find that the shoemaker of Hackleton received in all for himself and his family £600 from the Society which he called into existence, and which sent him forth, while he spent on the Christianisation and civilisation of India £1625 received as a manufacturer of indigo; and £45,000 as Professor of Sanskrit, Bengali, and Marathi, and Bengali Translator to Government, or £46,625 in all. From Wordnik.com. [Life of William Carey] Reference
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