baptize

Example Sentences

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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

And I was baptized at the school, which is how I got the name Joseph.

From Literature

For much of the country’s long history, births and deaths were logged primarily by the Catholic Church, and the best way to obtain a birth certificate was to have a baby baptized.

From New York Times

He was baptized at a Latter-day Saints church and told the undercover agent he’d “been going to Utah more often lately” before his arrest, according to his Facebook page and court records.

From Seattle Times

Earlier this week, White re-introduced herself to her Instagram followers, reclaiming her birth name and also revealing that she had been baptized in May 2022.

From Los Angeles Times