inculture

English

Verb

inculture (third-person singular simple present incultures, present participle inculturing, simple past and past participle incultured)

  1. To adapt Christian teachings to suit a non-Christian culture.

Etymology 2

in- (not) + culture: compare French inculture.

Noun

inculture (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Lack or neglect of cultivation or culture.
    • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
      Certainly, the Inculture of the world would perish it into a wilderness

References

inculture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

inculture f (plural incultures)

  1. inculture

Further reading

Italian

Noun

inculture f

  1. plural of incultura
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