Baptize is an English word with synonyms like baptise or christen. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Baptize meaning
- To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
- To Christianize.
- To dedicate or christen.
Using Baptize
- The main meaning on this page is: To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water. | To Christianize. | To dedicate or christen.
- Useful related words include: baptise, christen, name, call.
- In the example corpus, baptize often appears in combinations such as: to baptize, will baptize, baptize him.
Context around Baptize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Baptize
- In this selection, "baptize" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, songs, may, generally, people, pastor and newborns stand out and add context to how "baptize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include he will baptize you with and believer to baptize another. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "baptize" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with baptize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (10 words)
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. (11 words)
Newer movements of Protestant Evangelical churches, particularly non-denominational, allow laypeople to baptize. (13 words)
Many Chamorros at the time believed baptisms killed babies - because priests would baptize infants already near death (in the belief that this was the only way to save such children's souls), baptism seemed to many Chamorros to be the cause of death. (43 words)
During the celebrations, Greek Orthodox Christians from the city march in procession to the nearby town of al-Khader to baptize newborns in the waters around the Monastery of St. George and sacrifice a sheep in ritual. (37 words)
In keeping with Eastern tradition, he is not permitted to perform any Sacred Mysteries (sacraments) on his own, except for Baptism in extremis (in danger of death), conditions under which anyone, including the laity, may baptize. (36 words)
Baptists also use a lot of water when we baptize, but 20 ounces will baptize a dozen Presbyterians! (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
Baptists also use a lot of water when we baptize, but 20 ounces will baptize a dozen Presbyterians!
He’s not letting me baptize him, and I’m not doing the Shahada.
While the album is certainly overly ambitious and doesn’t feel completely thematically cohesive, it has quite a few impressive songs, “Baptize” and “End of Daze” being my favorite.
In-season and out-of-season preaching the word of God has been the main activity, as Jesus Christ Himself recommended in the Great Commission -- to go and teach and baptize people.
And there is nothing better and more joyful for a family than to baptize their babies.
Let us ask that God will baptize Pastor E. A. Adeboye and his family with the special anointing that automatically sends evil arrows back to their sender.
As early as 1523, William Reublin began to preach against infant baptism in villages surrounding Zurich, encouraging parents to not baptize their children.
During the celebrations, Greek Orthodox Christians from the city march in procession to the nearby town of al-Khader to baptize newborns in the waters around the Monastery of St. George and sacrifice a sheep in ritual.
He had an economic interest in the enslavement of the Hispaniola natives and for that reason was not eager to baptize them, which attracted criticism from some churchmen.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
In keeping with Eastern tradition, he is not permitted to perform any Sacred Mysteries (sacraments) on his own, except for Baptism in extremis (in danger of death), conditions under which anyone, including the laity, may baptize.
In Matthew, however, John immediately recognizes Jesus and John questions his own worthiness to baptize Jesus.
It is not lawful apart from the bishop either to baptize, or to hold a love-feast.
John proclaims baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin, and says another will come after him who will not baptize with water, but with the Holy Spirit.
Korsun, p. 24. Despite these difficulties, the monks managed to baptize over 7,000 natives in the Kodiak region, and set about building a church and monastery.
Latin Church Catholics generally baptize by affusion (pouring); Eastern Catholics usually by submersion, or at least partial immersion.
Many Chamorros at the time believed baptisms killed babies - because priests would baptize infants already near death (in the belief that this was the only way to save such children's souls), baptism seemed to many Chamorros to be the cause of death.
Many Protestant churches see no specific prohibition in the biblical examples and permit any believer to baptize another.
Newer movements of Protestant Evangelical churches, particularly non-denominational, allow laypeople to baptize.
Common combinations with baptize
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: