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baptism

/bap-tiz-uhm/US // ˈbæp tɪz əm //UK // (ˈbæpˌtɪzəm) //

洗礼,接受洗礼,受洗,浸礼

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Ecclesiastical. a ceremonial immersion in water, or application of water, as an initiatory rite or sacrament of the Christian church.
    • : any similar ceremony or action of initiation, dedication, etc.
    • : a trying or purifying experience or initiation.
    • : Christian Science. purification of thought and character.

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Examples

  • To get to know the community, the photographers attended baptisms, funerals and weddings.

  • Prince George has arrived for his christening wearing a replica of the traditional royal baptism gown designed in 1841.

  • They accepted baptism as a sort of sacred pledge of friendship and alliance with the French.

  • There was a private baptism in his library one Sunday afternoon, and she was christened Amy Eudora.

  • Private baptism at his birth was first administered, fearing his immediate death.

  • The priest may be obliged to administer baptism, to hear confession, to give the Viaticum and Extreme Unction.

  • So the Earl being thus beset chose to accept baptism, and was baptized there and then with all his men.