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- Papa stepped in just before my baptism day.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- This girl had already been baptized.†
Chpt 2.13baptized = "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 few days later I let it be known that I was going to be baptized into the church and confirmed as soon as the nuns thought I was ready.†
Chpt 2.13
- If you get baptized a Catholic, you have to marry a Catholic.†
Chpt 2.13
- You get baptized now, how are you going to find a good Japanese boy to marry?†
Chpt 2.13
- No baptism!†
Chpt 2.13
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)