All 16 Uses of
baptism
in
Glass
- I thought it might be a good time to baptize Hunter.†
- Baptize Hunter?†
- Baptize Hunter?†
- A visit now, the same time as Hunter's baptism?†
- Especially not if it's going to be spilled in the baptismal fount, or over the icing on my birthday cake!†
- I haven't seen her in months, and want her here for my birthday, not to mention the baptism.†
- I don't want to think about Mom and Scott, planning birthday and baptism parties.†
- I mean, when I went to Stockton, there were no plans for Hunter's baptism, and a visit from my dad was completely implausible, especially at the exact same time Leigh finally decided to schedule one, after many distant months.†
- I spent the day with Mom and "the girls," shopping for Hunter's baptism outfit.†
- He pounced, a whitecollared tiger, with God's A to Z of baptism.†
- Hunter's getting baptized in less than half an hour.
*baptized = "spiritually renewed" in a Christian ceremonystandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- Nice of you to show up for your own baby's baptism, Kristina Georgia.†
- Baptisms usually happen before the sermon, but Pastor Keith wisely forged ahead, assuming [praying] Hunter's wayward mother would appear sooner or later.†
- Somehow, we maintain when they call the baptismal party up to the font, repeat a flurry of meaningless words.†
- I was baptized once too, and I silently ask, "So, Big Guy, am I still Your child?"†
- This year, so close on the heels of the birthday/baptism fiasco, and with Hunter still too young to care, Halloween was a non-event.†
Definition:
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(baptism) a Christian ceremony signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
or:
a challenging experience that initiates or purifieseditor's notes: 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.