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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

inculturate en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To adapt (Christian teachings) for a non-Christian culture.
    • I think that Western culture poses particular problems with regard to inculturation. You do not find theologians demanding that we be inculturated, adopt the norms of our society, and yet that is often what is happening. 1999, Timothy Radcliffe, Sing a new song: the Christian vocation, Dominican Publications, →ISBN, page 255:

Forms

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inculturating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inculturated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inculturated Tense=Past lexicographic
inculturates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

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inculturation