Used to form nouns of action, process, or result based on the accompanying verb ending in -ise or -ize. · Used to form the name of a school of thought, system, or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder (When de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic "doctrines" sense below, e.g. Liberalism vs. liberalism.)
1historicalA syncreticBakongoCatholicmovement formed in the Kingdom of Kongo between 1704 and 1708, and whose founder (Beatriz Kimpa Vita) claimed to be possessed by Saint Anthony of Padua.