baptism
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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
Or churches that get fixated on monthly baptism rates instead of tending to the spiritual needs of their flocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Balfe: It was a bit of a baptism of fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Michael Carrick looked to have been handed a baptism of fire with Manchester City and Arsenal dished up in the first two games of his reign.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
Juana, considering the matter, threw caution to the winds, and she dressed Coyotito in the clothes she had prepared for his baptism, when there would be money for his baptism.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
In tracking our friendship over decades, we can also mark our way by the sacraments: marriages, baptisms, First Communions, etc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The team have also been working on records in relation to cemeteries, baptisms, hospitals and mortuaries.
From BBC ● Aug. 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
Currently the Catholic Church only allows men to become deacons - ordained ministers who can officiate baptisms, weddings and funerals but not mass, unlike priests.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
Dobyns was struck by the disparity between the large number of burials recorded at the parish and the far smaller number of baptisms.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Power Suffix: -ism
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