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How to pronounce baptism in English?

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Type Words
Type of sacrament
Has types affusion, aspersion, christening, immersion, sprinkling
Derivation baptise, baptismal, baptist, baptize


most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism.

Examples of baptism

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The candle used in Love's baptism flickered on the altar throughout the service.
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The Suns have their premiership baptism against Carlton at the Gabba on April 2.
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In August, Pace held a baptism for his members at Mount Carmel, joined by Goins.
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In the tradition of the Episcopal Church, we make some promises before baptism.
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Cannon baptized him in early 1852, the first recorded LDS baptism in the islands.
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In our baptism we claim one song sung in a divine mosaic of voices and tongues.
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It's possible to view his early immersion in the tanks as his artistic baptism.
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She and her husband Derrick will present 7-week-old Addison Michaela for baptism.
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They scoured parish lists, wills, and birth, death, baptism and marriage records.
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  • A Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
  • (baptistic) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church; "Baptistis baptismal practices"
  • (baptized) having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism
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  • Baptism (full title Krst pod Triglavom - Baptism Below Triglav) was the third album by Laibach. It is the soundtrack to the Neue Slowenische Kunst production of the same name. All music and lyrics by Laibach, except where noted.
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