Definition of Baptize
Baptize
bap·tize
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to admit someone to a Christian community by performing the ritual of baptism, usually involving a variation of immersing the person in water;
e.g. There was a ceremony to baptize the baby.
(verb)
to formally give someone a name, to christen them during or as if during baptism;
e.g. They will baptize their daughter Mary.
(verb)
to clean or purify someone or something, typically in a spiritual sense, by a particular ordeal or experience;
e.g. This experience would baptize them and clear them of sin.
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