unbaptized
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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“But we have been working with local people to name every glacier so that they will not go unbaptized.”
From The New Yorker
The Church calls records of unbaptized children whose parents have requested name removal “canceled records.”
From The Verge
“It shows that unbaptized Native Americans were buried beyond the walls of the mission,” said Vásquez, executive director of the American Indians at Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions, a nonprofit launched by Tap Pilam.
From Washington Times
In the 1960s, the Mormon Church—which espouses the doctrine of baptism of the dead by proxy and encourages its members to research their unbaptized ancestors—opened branch genealogical libraries throughout the country.
From Time
After all, in 1965 it stopped blaming all the Jews for killing Jesus. Just six years ago it decided that unbaptized babies might actually go to heaven.
From Salon
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