Baptism

//ˈbæptɪzəm//

"Baptism" in a Sentence (13 examples)

Baptists reject infant baptism.

I have to go to my cousin's baptism.

Tom was at Mary's baptism.

The deluge was a notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.

Being the oldest of her siblings, Joanna inherited a family Bible, which contained the names of her father, grandfather and great-grandmother along with their respective dates and places of birth, baptism, marriage and death and the birthdays of all their descendants.

Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to the baptism of John the Baptist.

The Epiphany marks the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan.

The predecessors of the Russian Baptists are the Molokans, who massively converted to Baptism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, so Russian Baptists are significantly different from European and American Baptists.

Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers plunged into the icy waters of rivers and lakes across Bulgaria on Monday to retrieve crucifixes tossed by priests in Epiphany ceremonies commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ.

Yanni has been to Skura's baptism.

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The child’s baptism was held at the old church.

The ceremony of baptism symbolizes spiritual rebirth.

Whereas Landon Carter was disgusted with his overseer's proselytizing in 1776, his nephew Robert, who originally shared his skepticism, saw the light in 1778, converted to Baptism himself, and spent much of the next decade encouraging his slaves to follow suit — much to the annoyance of several of his overseers.

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