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Baptising
To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
📖 Definitions of "Baptising"
verb
- 1
To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
- 2
To dedicate or christen.
- 3
Of rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water.
- 4
To ensure proper burning of a joint by moistening the exterior with saliva.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Baptising"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| christenverb | (transitive, by extension) To name. |
| excommunicatingverb | (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community. |
| backsliddenverb | (intransitive) To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state. |
| worshipingverb | (US) Alternative form of worshipping. [An act of worship.] |
| christianiseverb | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Christianize. [(transitive) To make Christian.] |
| proselytiseverb | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of proselytize. [(ambitransitive, broadly) To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.] |
| beatifyingverb | (transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. |
| catechizingverb | catechism |
| secludingverb | (transitive, chiefly reflexive) To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude. |
| canonisedverb | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing |
| scandalizingverb | Tending to cause a scandal; scandalous. |
| propitiatedverb | (transitive) To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit. |
| consecratesverb | (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure. |
| reconvertverb | (ambitransitive) To convert again, convert back. |
| discipledverb | Having been converted or trained as a disciple or a group of disciples. |
| bathingverb | The act of taking a bath. |
| christianizingverb | (transitive) To cause to convert to Christianity. |
| profanedverb | Treated with irreverence or without due respect. |
| ordainingverb | (religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi. |
| sermoniseverb | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sermonize. [(intransitive) To speak in the manner of a sermon; to preach; to propagate one's morality or opinions with speech.] |
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