baptized
Received into faith
Baptized is the past tense of baptize—to perform a Christian ritual of initiation involving water, typically by immersion or sprinkling: She was baptized as an infant.
Extended meanings describe any ceremonial introduction or first experience: The new recruits were baptized by fire.
Someone baptized into a faith or tradition has been formally welcomed into it.
Ceremony naming a child
- fontCharacter style set
- godparentsBaptismal sponsors for children
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
congregation · clergy · priest · minister · gown · altar · holy water · immersion
Trust without proof
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
rebirth · renewal · transformation · absolution · cleansing · purification · repentance · forgiveness
Formal admission process
- admissionEntry or confession
- entrancePoint of access
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- acceptanceConsent to receive
membership · incorporation · introduction · beginning · conversion · novitiate · commencement · joining
Started or inducted
- introducedMade formally acquainted
- immersedPlunged entirely into
- plungedDropped suddenly and steeply
- trial by fireTest through difficult experience
first experience · indoctrinated · tested · thrown in · debut · maiden voyage · rite of passage · blooded
christening
Ceremony naming a child
- fontCharacter style set
- godparentsBaptismal sponsors for children
- churchPlace of Christian worship
sacrament · congregation · clergy · priest · minister · gown · altar · holy water · immersion · aspersion
faith
Trust without proof
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
sanctification · rebirth · renewal · transformation · absolution · cleansing · purification · repentance · forgiveness · born again
induction
Formal admission process
acceptance · membership · incorporation · introduction · beginning · conversion · novitiate · commencement · joining · received
initiated
Started or inducted
- introducedMade formally acquainted
- immersedPlunged entirely into
- plungedDropped suddenly and steeply
trial by fire · first experience · indoctrinated · tested · thrown in · debut · maiden voyage · rite of passage · blooded · seasoned
- ChristiansCatholics, Catholic, Protestants, Protestant, Baptist
- faithfulbelievers, faithful, followers, devotees, disciples
- baptism rolesgodfather, godmother, godparent, godparents, candidate
- sacred adjectivesdivine, holy, blessed, sacred, sanctified
- church rolesbishop, deacons, priest, pastor, lay readers
- faith labelsbeliever, nonbeliever, atheist, agnostic, theist
baptizedunbaptized
Not ritually initiated
unbaptised · heathen · unchristened · pagan · unconverted
baptizedunnamed
Not identified or specified
unchristened · anonymous · nameless · unidentified · faceless
baptizeduncleansed
Not made clean
unpurified · unsanctified · defiled · unclean · impure
baptize, baptizes, baptizing, baptizer, rebaptize, rebaptizes, rebaptized, rebaptizing