All 11 Uses
baptism
in
The Silver Music Box
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- When I return, I'll have my certificate of baptism in my bag.†
p. 67.9
- They baptized the baby, who had inherited her mother's gray eyes and chestnut hair, calling her Margarethe.†
p. 86.8baptized = "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.
- If you think that you'll be spared just because you got yourself baptized, you're very much mistaken.†
p. 99.7
- And we're exactly the same to them, even though we're baptized Christians.†
p. 114.7
- "We're baptized Christians," Charlotte said after a brief pause.†
p. 163.2
- Brigitte had the day off to see her nephew being baptized, so Charlotte was preparing bean casserole.†
p. 168.3
- "According to the papers, your parents were Catholic but you were unbaptized," Mrs. Dunningham said.†
p. 197.1 *unbaptized = not "spiritually renewed" in a Christian ceremony OR not initiated or purified by a challenging experiencestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbaptized means not and reverses the meaning of baptized. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- My adoptive parents had me baptized as a Catholic later.†
p. 197.2baptized = "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.
- She spent a weekend in Bristol, poring over the church baptism registers.†
p. 201.8
- According to the papers, your parents were Catholic but you were unbaptized.†
p. 207.4unbaptized = not "spiritually renewed" in a Christian ceremony OR not initiated or purified by a challenging experiencestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbaptized means not and reverses the meaning of baptized. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- I was adopted in England and they baptized me as Lilian.†
p. 232.2baptized = "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.
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)