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# baptise

«baptise» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give them the Christian ceremony of baptism, pouring…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (baptise, baptises, baptised, baptising) — US spelling baptize

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) To baptise someone is to give them the Christian ceremony of baptism, pouring water on them or putting them in water as a sign of joining Christ and the Church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#m1)

2) To baptise can also mean to give a name at baptism (christen). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In church, a priest or minister baptises babies, children or adults; some churches baptise only believers old enough to choose. In the Bible, John baptised people in the river Jordan. Phrases: baptise a baby, be baptised, baptise in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

### examples

- The priest will baptise my baby sister on Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x1)
- John baptised Jesus in the river Jordan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x2)
- The pastor baptises new believers in the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x3)
- They baptised her Grace, after her grandmother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x4)
- "I baptise you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x5)
- Some churches do not baptise babies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/#x6)

### note

UK/Australian baptise, US/Canadian baptize. Past baptised. Noun baptism; person who baptises can be a priest, minister or pastor. Drop the e before -ing: baptising.

### In the corpora

- [Christians believe Jesus did no wrong, yet he joined ordinary people in being baptised.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/16/)
- [In the Great Commission Jesus told his followers to go to all nations, make disciples and baptise them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/19-easter-and-pentecost/14/)
- [Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches baptise babies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/10/)
- [Baptists and many Pentecostal churches baptise people old enough to decide, usually by full immersion, which means going right under the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/12/)
- [Whether to baptise babies or only believers is a disputed question among Christians.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «baptise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.