baptizing
present participle ofbaptize
baptize
verb[Tusually passive]
(UKusuallybaptise)uk/bæpˈtaɪz/us/bæpˈtaɪz/to make someoneofficiallyamemberof theChristianChurchin aserviceofbaptism:
[+ obj + noun]Were you baptized aCatholic?
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christen(GIVE NAME)
Religious practices
- agarbatti
- allocution
- anoint
- anointment
- baptize
- faith healing
- flagellate
- flagellation
- fleishig
- genuflect
- proselyte
- proselytize
- prostration
- purdah
- rebaptize
- reborn
- sanctify
- televangelism
- unbaptized
- unction
Examplesofbaptizing
baptizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
For inventing psychiatric registers has since 1800 entailed -baptizingand using new membership categories.
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These rumors are absurd and nonsensical, as the government has no intention whatsoever ofbaptizingus.
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But is there any way of testing whether thosebaptizingtheir children were representative of the parish as a whole?
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There is a 13th-century baptismal font, supposedly used forbaptizingthe astronomer, 16th-century epitaph to him, and 18th-century monument.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These missionaries had much success inbaptizingconverts, but there were only three missionaries so no fully functioning order was needed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Due to their spiritual and religious beliefs, barbers even performed religious ceremonies, such as marriages andbaptizingchildren.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A door behind the pulpit leads to a creek forbaptizing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Among those that do, differences can be found in the manner and mode ofbaptizingand in the understanding of the significance of the rite.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mode ofbaptizingwas by triple immersion in a large font, which had already been blessed by a minister.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Since she thought it might be her last chance to be baptized, she jumped into the vat and proclaimed that she wasbaptizingherself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Luther is then shownbaptizingan infant in the castle church.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They were met with great success,baptizingmany and building up churches.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His work included preaching,baptizing, and creating new congregations in the communities he visited.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At first, the priests were not particularly selective inbaptizingpeople.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He defended secretlybaptizingthe dying as a generous mark of sincere concern and affection.
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