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When the Legends Die
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- You must be married for the boy, and he must be baptized.†
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.
- What is this 'baptized'?†
Chpt 3
- So Bessie and George were married and the boy was baptized when he was two years old, almost three.†
Chpt 3
- George got no pay at all at the desk the next week because he had gotten that five dollars to pay Blue Elk for the marriage and the baptism.†
Chpt 3
- Then that's the boy you brought to me to have baptized.†
Chpt 11baptized = "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.
- I baptized that boy and I feel responsible for him.†
Chpt 11
- Then he remembered that the preacher had said he felt responsible for the boy because he had baptized him.†
Chpt 12
- He was baptized with that name.†
Chpt 13
- Blue Elk says this boy's baptismal name is Thomas Black Bull, so he is probably George Black Bull's son.†
Chpt 13 *baptismal = relating to a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth OR relating to a challenging experience that initiates or purifies
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)