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But Babe, baptismally known as Phebe, was engaged in tickling Allyn's toes, with the praiseworthy intention of making him kick the harder.

From Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen by George, Vesper L.

My brother gave that name to me When we were children twain, When names acquired baptismally Were hard to utter, as to see That life had any pain.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Don Ignacio, Kearney, Rock, Rivas, José, and he who had been major-domo in the old monastery, baptismally named Gregorio.

From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne