baptises
Initiates through water
Baptises is the British spelling of baptizes—performs the Christian rite of baptism, immersing someone in water or sprinkling water on them as a sign of purification and admission to the church.
Extended uses describe any ceremonial initiation or naming: The ship was baptised with champagne.
Ceremony naming a child
- fontCharacter style set
- godparentsBaptismal sponsors for children
- serviceAid or maintenance
- altarSacred ritual table
church · minister · priest · gown · congregation · liturgy · vows · prayers
Sacred ritual conveying grace
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
faith · grace · rebirth · renewal · conversion · cleansing · absolution · consecration
Receives with hospitality
- introducesBrings into contact
- inductsFormally admits to membership
- admitsAllows entrance or confesses
- embracesHolds lovingly, or adopts
integrates · immerses · naming · entry · membership · acceptance · inclusion · rite of passage
christening
Ceremony naming a child
- fontCharacter style set
- godparentsBaptismal sponsors for children
- serviceAid or maintenance
altar · church · minister · priest · gown · congregation · liturgy · vows · prayers · hymns
sacrament
Sacred ritual conveying grace
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
sanctification · faith · grace · rebirth · renewal · conversion · cleansing · absolution · consecration · devotion
welcomes
Receives with hospitality
- introducesBrings into contact
- inductsFormally admits to membership
- admitsAllows entrance or confesses
embraces · integrates · immerses · naming · entry · membership · acceptance · inclusion · rite of passage · first step
baptisesexcommunicates
Formally bars from church
expels · defrock · unbaptizes · banishes · shuns
baptisesexcommunicates
Formally bars from church
desecrates · profanes · defiles · curses · damns
- baptism by fireDifficult first test
- John the BaptistProphet who baptized the Messiah
- baptism of fireDifficult first exposure
- Baptist churchProtestant denomination practicing believer's immersion
- Southern BaptistAmerican Protestant denomination
- baptismal fontVessel for sacramental water