baptize

Example Sentences

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“As a missionary, we didn’t have to receive special permission from somebody in order to baptize an undocumented individual,” she recalled.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

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 audience murmured and clapped as he recounted a well-worn story about using water from Israel’s Sea of Galilee to baptize his children.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

‘Show him out, Sewall, and happens he lands in the water, you—ah! can baptize him with my name—ah ... ha, ha!’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes