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Synonyms for baptize

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bap-tahyz, bap-tahyz
Phonetic Transcription : bæpˈtaɪz, ˈbæp taɪz

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Définition of baptize

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French batisier (11c.), from Latin baptizare, from Greek baptizein "to immerse, to dip in water," also used figuratively, e.g. "to be over one's head" (in debt, etc.), "to be soaked (in wine);" in Greek Christian usage, "baptize;" from baptein "to dip, steep, dye, color," from PIE root *gwabh- "to dip, sink." Christian baptism originally consisted in full immersion. Related: Baptized; baptizing.
  • verb initiate in church rite
Example sentences :
  • I am most anxious to baptize my new Royalty in a glass of wine.
  • Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever
  • What right, said they, had a man to baptize who had been ordained in this irregular manner?
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • It was the practice, then, in Origen's day, to baptize infants.
  • Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams
  • But how could he baptize the heathen child of heathen parents.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • You must promise to marry us all, and then baptize the babies.'
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • John baptized you with water, but I will baptize you with the Holy Ghost!
  • Extract from : « What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales » by Hans Christian Andersen
  • It is esteemed a usurpation of privilege to baptize on crossing the tropics.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • To baptize and admit your children and to marry them when they grow up?
  • Extract from : « Bunyan Characters - Third Series » by Alexander Whyte
  • "But, you said a priest has to baptize anybody," objected Virginia.
  • Extract from : « The Little Mixer » by Lillian Nicholson Shearon
  • Desist, or I will baptize you in the well as Philip did the Ethiopian, without a sponsor.
  • Extract from : « Going To Maynooth » by William Carleton

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