baptizeverb [ T usually passive ]
UK usually baptise uk/bæpˈtaɪz/us/bæpˈtaɪz/to make someone officially a member of the Christian Church in a service of baptism:
[ + obj + noun ] Were you baptized a Catholic?
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Religious practices
- agarbatti
- anoint
- bless
- celebrate
- church
- confess
- confession
- genuflect
- genuflection
- go into/enter the church idiom
- hadj
- hajj
- observance
- pilgrimage
- purdah
- reborn
- revival
- revival meeting
- televangelism
- veil
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