baptize
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He then excused himself to help baptize a woman near the stage.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
Román had come to the United States in 2021 for a short trip to baptize a relative.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
The pastor mentioned Molina’s insistence that he baptize Santiago.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2023
A priest had come to her home to baptize her 4-month-old daughter, Nikol, who was scheduled to undergo lifesaving heart surgery the next day.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
“In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost I baptize you, my son. Walk forward into the light.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Miraculous moments in the story, such as water welling from a rock where Patrick later baptizes people, play out in a quiet tone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Her church baptizes people in it, and she has seen people cross it on foot.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
But in an explanatory note accompanying its decision, it recalled that when a priest baptizes someone, it is actually Christ performing the sacrament, not the community.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
Arkansas baptizes Texas in the cool, refreshing waters of SEC dominance.
From Fox News ● Sep. 12, 2021
With financial help from her boyfriend, she baptizes seven-year-old Diana.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
He was baptized at the school, and it inspired his father to get baptized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Vermeer was born in Delft amid the Wars of Religion and baptized in the Calvinist Reformed Church.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In 2024, he doubled down on his commitment to Christianity and was baptized in the River Thames.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025
He knows the rules better than most baptized Catholics.
From Salon ● May 23, 2025
Though baptized, I still continued being skeptical about Christianity.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
They said Father Daghir suggested inviting his brother, a transitional deacon training to join his twin brother as a priest, to participate so that it would be “twins baptizing twins.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
“I get what it looks like,” he says of his new job, which doesn’t involve baptizing pop stars in bathtubs or preaching to throngs of adoring congregants.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
“I had one child in the elevator, the other I’m baptizing, and tomorrow we have a heart operation,” Tkachuk said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
When asked what he would say if he were baptizing someone as a newly devout Bitcoiner, maybe in the warm waters of South Beach, Melder ad-libbed.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2022
“I am only baptizing in water, but someone is standing among you of whom you do not know. He is God’s Lamb, who is to remove the world’s sin.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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