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Definition of baptize
baptized
alsobaptised
;baptizing
alsobaptising
transitive verb
1 religion : to administer baptism (see baptism 1) to baptize a child in the Episcopal Church was baptized a Catholic as an infant
2a : to purify or cleanse spiritually especially by a purging (see 1purge 1) experience or ordeal … baptized with pain and rapture, tears and fire … — Sidney Lanierb : initiate Both developments were baptized under last season's conditions of scanty snow … — New York Times
3 : to give a name to (as at baptism) : christen Theybaptized their son "John" after the baby's grandfather.
intransitive verb
: to administer baptism
baptizer
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Examples of baptize in a Sentence
The priest baptized the baby.
She was baptized at the age of 20.
Recent Examples of baptize from the Web
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That was interrupted in 2015 when the church adopted new rules banning children living with gay parents from being baptized until age 18.
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Some of Mendelssohn’s religious works leave a funny taste, considering that he was raised in a Jewish household but was baptized Lutheran (on Bach’s birthday, no less).
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Ruth Graham stuck with her denomination – her parents were Presbyterian medical missionaries in China – and refused to be baptized by immersion, the way Baptists do.
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The 18-year-old, who was baptized and confirmed as a Methodist, doesn’t believe in an afterlife, but still believes in a God.
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Lisa Dvorak and her husband were married at St. Leo's and each of their four children was baptized there.
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Iakovos ordained him, married him, baptized his children and eventually married them as well.
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The last time someone was convicted of blasphemy in Denmark was 71 years ago when a man dressed up as a priest and mock-baptized a doll at a masquerade.
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Brannon then baptized Noriega in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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Origin and Etymology of baptize
Middle English, from Anglo-French baptiser, from Late Latin baptizare, from Greek baptizein to dip, baptize, from baptein to dip, dye; akin to Old Norse kvefja to quench
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baptize
playDefinition of baptize for English Language Learners
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: to perform the ceremony of baptism for (someone)
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: to officially make someone a member of a specified Christian church through the ceremony of baptism
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: to give (someone) a name through the ceremony of baptism
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