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Definition
a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
or:
a challenging experience that initiates or purifies
or:
a challenging experience that initiates or purifies
- Algernon, I forbid you to be baptized.Act 3 — Morning-room at the Manor House (61% in)
- I have also in my possession, you will be pleased to hear, certificates of Miss Cardew's birth, baptism, whooping cough, registration, vaccination, confirmation, and the measles; both the German and the English variety.Act 3 — Morning-room at the Manor House (30% in)
- ] Both these gentlemen have expressed a desire for immediate baptism.Act 3 — Morning-room at the Manor House (60% in)
There are no more uses of "baptism" in The Importance of Being Earnest.
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