baptize
verb (used with object)
to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism.
baptise
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a variation of
baptize.
Example Sentences
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Currently it is up to individual clergy to decide whether or not to baptise children of single or unmarried parents.
From BBC ● May 25, 2024
They may not celebrate Mass, but they may preach, baptise and conduct wedding and funeral services and run a parish with the permission of a bishop.
From Reuters ● Jun. 20, 2023
Good art should “touch people, baptise their souls and enable them to find beauty in nature, life and their minds,” he said.
From Forbes ● Nov. 24, 2014
But, even though I'm sad, I'm immensely proud of the new record, and what better place to baptise a new chapter of the band than a stage like Glastonbury?
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2013
In about three weeks the father called upon this very clergyman and asked him to baptise his children.
From In Answer to Prayer The Touch of the Unseen by W. Boyd Carpenter
