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Definition of Baptise
1. Verb. Administer baptism to. "They baptise him "Bobby""; "The parents had the child baptized"
Generic synonyms: Call, Name
Derivative terms: Baptism, Baptism, Christening
Definition of Baptise
1. Verb. To sprinkle or pour water over, or to immerse in water, as a spiritual cleansing process in the rite of Christian baptism. ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) To dedicate or christen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baptise
1. to baptize [v -TISED, -TISING, -TISES] - See also: baptize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baptise
Literary usage of Baptise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, and by Joseph Bingham (1834)
"That come discretionary Power was supposed to be in the Hands of Bishops in
Commissioning Persons to baptise. His next discourse against the author, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"77, decreeing that if a deacon baptise any one, without either bishop or presbyter,
the sacrament must be "completed " afterwards by the benediction of the ..."
3. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"He begins his Moneth to baptise this day. I was much affected in the Sermon before
the L. Super, with the Consideration of Christs being concern'd to have ..."
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