Unbaptize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To undo the process of baptism for (someone). transitive

    "Niezu soon arrived to enjoy his triumph, and unbaptize the children of the Reduction. This curious ceremony was performed by washing the head with hot water, rubbing sand upon the tongue, and scraping it with a shell, to bring clean away any remains of the salt with which it had been touched; […]"

Example

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"Niezu soon arrived to enjoy his triumph, and unbaptize the children of the Reduction. This curious ceremony was performed by washing the head with hot water, rubbing sand upon the tongue, and scraping it with a shell, to bring clean away any remains of the salt with which it had been touched; […]"

Etymology

From un- + baptize.

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