Baptise (Verb)
Meaning
Administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The priest baptised the newborn in a symbolic gesture of acceptance into the faith.
- In many Christian denominations, infants are baptised shortly after birth as a sign of purification and spiritual rebirth.
- The parents had the child baptised in the local church where they themselves were married.
- During her Easter ceremony, the bishop baptised dozens of converts in a single day.
- The pastor baptised the converts in the nearby river in a symbolic reminder of spiritual renewal.