baptism
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Notwithstanding a history that dates at least to the baptism of Clovis I in Reims in 496, the relationship between church and state was ruptured by the French Revolution and has never fully recovered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
After a section about his own adult baptism, the pinnacle of his faith journey, Vance launches, jarringly, into a chapter about his views of the international order.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
A pastor has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter after a man died during a baptism ceremony in Birmingham.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Balfe: It was a bit of a baptism of fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
A clerk there found a certificate from my christening, when I was a baby, and another from my baptism, which, as with all Mormon children, had occurred when I was eight.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Chaplains perform emergency baptisms in neonatal intensive-care units.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
According to Vatican statistics, around half of global Catholic baptisms take place in Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
It is believed to be where St Kentigern, also known as Mungo, established his cell and performed baptisms in the waters of the Molendinar Burn below.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
He attended Catholic school and remembers an active community in Mobile filled with baptisms, weddings and first communions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
“The encoded numbers are followed by announcements, births and baptisms and engagements and deaths.”
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Power Suffix: -ism
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