All 28 Uses of
baptism
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- He had envisioned a baptism.†
Chpt 1
- There is a little stream that runs by the village, with small pools where people wash clothes and get water for drinking, but it isn't deep or wide enough for anything near the proper baptismal effect.†
Chpt 1baptismal = relating to a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth OR relating to a challenging experience that initiates or purifies
- Afterwards, instead of the baptism, Father lured people down as near as he could get them to the river by means of the age-old method of a church supper.†
Chpt 1
- He was scouting out baptismal sites.†
Chpt 1baptismal = relating to a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth OR relating to a challenging experience that initiates or purifies
- But in the end he got around to emphasizing baptism, as always.†
Chpt 1
- Our Father could not seem to accept what seemed clear enough even to a child: when he showered the idea of baptism—batiza—on people here, it shrunk them away like water on a witch.†
Chpt 1
- His first sermon in August waxed great and long on the subject of baptism.†
Chpt 1
- 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.
Chpt 1 *baptism = a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
- He couldn't begin to comprehend, now, how far off the track he was with his baptismal fixation.†
Chpt 2baptismal = relating to a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth OR relating to a challenging experience that initiates or purifies
- During the second interview, Nathan even retracted baptism as a specific program, and suggested we might organize some kind of sprinkling.†
Chpt 2
- To reshape his garden into mounds; to submit to Tata Ndu on the subject of river baptism; to listen at all to Tata Ndu or even the rantings of Mama Tataba.†
Chpt 2
- Mama made me a sling out of the same bolt of cloth she brought over to make the bed sheets and baptizing dresses for the African girls.†
Chpt 2baptizing = "spiritual renewing" a person in a Christian ceremony OR initiating or purifying 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.
- We haven't baptized any yet.†
Chpt 2baptized = "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.
- In Kilanga these are matters of religious observance, they are baptism and communion.†
Chpt 2
- Batiza pronounced with the tongue curled just so means "baptism."†
Chpt 3
- He has tried to explain how baptism—the batiza—would have changed everything.†
Chpt 3
- If baptized, the children would be in heaven now.†
Chpt 3baptized = "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.
- "She wasn't baptized yet," he said.†
Chpt 4
- It's true that she wasn't baptized.†
Chpt 4
- He was going to baptize his own child along with all of Kilanga's, on that great day down at the river when his dream finally came true.†
Chpt 4baptize = "spiritually renew" (a person) in a Christian ceremony OR initiate or purify 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.
- I am only baptizing in water, but someone is standing among you of whom you do not know.†
Chpt 4baptizing = "spiritual renewing" a person in a Christian ceremony OR initiating or purifying 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.
- In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost I baptize you, my son.†
Chpt 4baptize = "spiritually renew" (a person) in a Christian ceremony OR initiate or purify 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.
- Father took his hand away and waited, I suppose, for the miracle of baptism to take hold.†
Chpt 4
- The dust on our feet turned blood-colored and the sky grew very dark, while Father moved around the circle baptizing each child in turn, imploring the living progeny of Kilanga to walk forward into the light.†
Chpt 4baptizing = "spiritual renewing" a person in a Christian ceremony OR initiating or purifying 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.
- I imagined him still standing in our yard, frozen under the deluge, baptizing an endless circle of children, who would slip away and return with new faces requiring his blessing.†
Chpt 5
- I got baptized by mud.†
Chpt 5baptized = "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.
- He was still trying to baptize children, I know this for a fact.†
Chpt 5baptize = "spiritually renew" (a person) in a Christian ceremony OR initiate or purify 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.
- Soon the priests were holding mass baptisms on shore and marching their converts onto ships bound for sugar plantations in Brazil, slaves to the higher god of commodity agriculture.†
Chpt 6
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
Most 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.
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.