baptism
noun
a ceremonial immersion in water, or application of water, as an initiatory rite or sacrament of the Christian church.
rebaptism
-
a word derived from
baptism.
Example Sentences
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So the citizens changed the town's name like the rebaptism of an unfortunate child.
From Time Magazine Archive
If nothing else, the furor over Luci's rebaptism ought to help the word get around.
From Time Magazine Archive
Luci, who called her rebaptism "a personal matter," suggested that she had wanted the ceremony, to make sure that she was fulfilling the requirements of her new church.
From Time Magazine Archive
Helen, soft Helen, is it indeed in thee that the wild and brilliant “lord of wantonness and ease” is to find the regeneration of his life—the rebaptism of his soul?
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by
The baptism of the disciples on the morn of the Savior's second visit, was in the nature of a rebaptism, involving a renewal of covenants, and confession of faith in the Lord Jesus.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by James Edward Talmage
