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baptize

bap tahyz

  • v  administer baptism to
    The parents had the child baptized

  • When he appeared in church to be godfather at a baptism, the priest, Don Alfonso Manocchio, declared Fanelli unacceptable and refused to baptize the baby.
  • Henry Dunster declined to baptize his son, believing that only adults should be baptized.
  • As LaPel wades into the murky waters of a small village in Banteay Meanchey province to baptize more than 100 people, he is convinced that Duch's conversion can only help the cause .
Quotes

  • Katharine Jefferts Schori in Boston Globe (registration)
    Obviously a handful of our church leaders are still upset and would like to see the church never ordain and never baptize a gay or lesbian person,Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in Burlington. "We need to refocus on more...
  • Skip Holtz in SportingNews.com
    If you were going to write a script, you don't want to baptize a quarterback there,Holtz said. "It's not where you want to break in a new punter as well."
  • Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón in SFCPressPoint (press release)
    To baptize a plane is to give wings to a dream, said Mayor of Madrid Alberto Ruiz Gallardón today at the presentation of the Madrid 2016 official aeroplane. "The Airbus 321 will take off on 30 September, and will return, I hope, on...

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