Sample Sentences for
baptism
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    The Pope said he would baptize Martians if they asked.
    baptize = "spiritually renew" (a person) in a Christian ceremony
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    My own baptism, and every one I have witnessed so far, took place in something like a large bathtub or small swimming pool in the Baptist Church.  (source)
    baptism = a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
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    I hope your baptism sets you on the right road—it's plain you've been a long time on the wrong one.  (source)
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    She been baptized.  (source)
    baptized = "spiritually renewed" in a Christian ceremony
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
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    ...and she dressed Coyotito in the clothes she had prepared for his baptism,  (source)
    baptism = a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
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    "Probably stopped to baptize one another," Augustus said.†  (source)
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    This meant baptismal certificates, confirmation papers.†  (source)
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    "And I drink 'long life to your resolution', Teddy," cried Jo, baptizing him with a splash of lemonade, as she waved her glass and beamed approvingly upon him.†  (source)
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    The encoded numbers are followed by announcements, births and baptisms and engagements and deaths.†  (source)
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    Caleb baptised two babies.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use baptized.
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    MRS. PUTNAM: Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth.  (source)
    unbaptized = "spiritually cleansed" in a Christian ceremony
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbaptized means not and reverses the meaning of baptized. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    But as two of our number were dead, so none of the four that survived were in priests' orders, we, therefore, could only baptise them, so that, to our great regret, they could not partake of the other sacraments, that can only be administered by priests, but they are instructed concerning them and long most vehemently for them.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use baptize.
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    With financial help from her boyfriend, she baptizes seven-year-old Diana.†  (source)
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