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How to use baptize in a sentence

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Baptize means to perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water. Example: “And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.”

Examples of baptize by meaning

verbTo Christianize.

  • This "baptizing" of pagan imagery was a successful missionary strategy that allowed Christianity to attract peoples accustomed to female deities while still maintaining faith in God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America, volume 182, number 21

verbOf rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water.

  • There's a good tavern nearby where they don't baptize liquor!1965, The Road to Santiago: Pilgrims of St. James, page 194
  • The darkness remained unrelieved until, in 1880, Miss Emma Cons took over the lease and baptized the drinks that were served at the bar and the songs that were sung on the stage.1973, Robert Speaight, Shakespeare on the Stage
  • The general practice in the West Indies was to baptize, add color, and otherwise adulterate rum to make it appear better.2007, Walter Scott Dunn, Choosing Sides on the Frontier in the American Revolution, →ISBN, page 91

More sentences with baptize

  • And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.From the entry Crispus
  • Korean Catholics baptized as infants take on a Christian name which also acts as their confirmation name.2000, U.S. Catholic Historian. From the entry christian name
  • Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 35. From the entry confirm
  • “The obvious choice,” Eva said, “though for my part I prefer the long-snouted greyhoundish one watching him baptize the Selenites.”2020, David Leavitt, chapter 3, in Shelter in Place: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, part I, pages 22–23. From the entry greyhoundish
  • I started learning more about the Bible and even got baptized in the back of the church in a toddler pool.2007, Patrick Irish, The Day God Asked Me a Question. From the entry at church every time the doors are open
  • I followed Orlan’s advice and had the baby baptized immediately.2001, Maria Savchyn Pyskir, translated by Ania Savage, “Marriage and Motherhood”, in Thousands of Roads: A Memoir of a Young Woman’s Life…. From the entry Zenon
  • As Amy had been baptized Amelia (but always called Amy) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia.1999, Susan Butler, Lawrence Butler, East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart., →ISBN, page 5. From the entry Amy
  • So if a baptism is invalid, then the baptism never occurred (i.e. one has not been baptized and needs to be baptized).2011, “Validity and liceity”, in Ship of Saint-Peter, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2011. From the entry liceity
  • And the Mediterranean world, meeting ground of diverse civilizations from Asia, Africa, and Europe, slumbered uneasily during the final hours of the (baptized) Pax Romana.1989, Anne Buttimer, The wake of Erasmus: saints, scholars, and studia in mediaeval Norden, page 4. From the entry Middle Ocean
  • The first village, lying up in the mountains about twenty miles from Tungchan, was Naamshaantung, where there are about thirty baptized Christians.1919 November [1919 July 5], “Tungchan Chronicle”, in The Field Afar, Catholic Foreign Mission Bureau of Boston, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 239…. From the entry Maoming
  • It is said that his right arm had grown powerless from having been raised so often over the heads of those whom he baptized.1914, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. From the entry powerless

Meaning of baptize

  1. verb To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
  2. verb To Christianize.
  3. verb To dedicate or christen.

Full definition of baptize

Questions about baptize in a sentence

How do you use baptize in a sentence?
Baptize is used as a verb. For example: “And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.”
What is a short sentence with baptize?
“I followed Orlan’s advice and had the baby baptized immediately.”
What does baptize mean?
Baptize means to perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.

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