All 8 Uses
baptism
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
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- Hannah Smythe was the first baby I baptized at St. Catherine's.†
*baptized = "spiritually renewed" in a Christian ceremony OR initiated or purified by a challenging experiencestandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- "A foster mother had me baptized," Shay said.†
- We'd had Elizabeth baptized, and a priest presided over their burials.†
- I mean, how can a guy who walked on water even get baptized?†
- We know Jesus was baptized because—†
- Gnostics offered a second baptism.†
- One of his foster mothers had him baptized Catholic, so in the eyes of the Church, yes, he is.†
baptized = "spiritually renewed" in a Christian ceremony OR initiated or purified by a challenging experiencestandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- On the other hand, the Orthodox Christians were delineating the steps to being card-carrying members of the group—confess the creed, accept baptism, worship, obey the priests.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(baptism) a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
or:
a challenging experience that initiates or purifiesMost churches baptize infants, but some require an adult to request baptism, and a few (such as the Quakers) require no baptism at all.
Typically, water is used as part of the ceremony, such as sprinkling a little water on a baby's head; though some churches use complete submersion in water. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)