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# baptised

«baptised» in Mova's school dictionary: **given the Christian ceremony of baptism, washed with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past and past participle of baptise: baptised); adjective (a baptised Christian) — US spelling baptized

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) Baptised means given the Christian ceremony of baptism, washed with water as a sign of joining Christ and the Church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#m1)

2) As an adjective, a baptised person is one who has had baptism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#m2)

3) "Baptised in" or "baptised by" can also mean having a first hard experience of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In RE and family life: "I was baptised as a baby in this church." Certificates record when and where you were baptised. Some people are baptised as adults, by full immersion in a river or pool. Phrases: be baptised, baptised as a baby, baptised in the river, baptised a Catholic.

### examples

- I was baptised in the same church as my mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x1)
- Jesus was baptised by John in the river Jordan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x2)
- My cousin was baptised in the sea at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x3)
- Baptised Christians can become godparents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x4)
- She was baptised a Catholic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x5)
- The new players were baptised by a muddy, freezing game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x6)

### note

UK and Australian spelling baptised; US and Canadian baptized. Verb forms: baptise, baptises, baptised, baptising. Often passive: "was baptised". Not the same as "christened", though people often use them alike for babies.

### 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/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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