Adjective
tending to draw to a central point
Source: WordNetAfter the 1140s, these principles had been largely accepted within the English church, albeit with an element of concern about centralising authority in Rome. Source: Internet
Cornwell argued that Pius XII subordinated opposition to the Nazis to his goal of increasing and centralising the power of the Papacy. Source: Internet
Naval Intelligence Division, 258. However, his power was limited in practice by France's centralising colonial policy. Source: Internet
It’s apparently down to an attempt by Public Health England (PHE) to ‘control’ all testing by centralising it all in their own laboratories, including especially their huge new ‘super-lab’ in Milton Keynes which they can’t make work. Source: Internet
By centralising NGOs, particularly those that operate at an international level, they can assign a common theme or set of goals. Source: Internet
It maintains a strong centralising and bureaucratic tendency, and has kept the organizational structure of the education system and the judiciary. Source: Internet