baptizer

One who christens

A baptizer is one who baptizes—administers the Christian rite of baptism by immersing someone in water or sprinkling water on them.

The term appears most often in reference to John the Baptist, called John the Baptizer in some translations: The baptizer immersed converts in the river.

religious

sacrament

Sacred ritual conveying grace

immersionState of being submerged
holy waterSacramental liquid for blessings
christeningCeremony naming a child

convert · believer · disciple · congregation · minister · priest · pastor · clergy · ordination · evangelism

ritual

initiation

Formal admission ceremony

purificationRemoval of contaminants
ablutionRitualized washing of body
sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred

lustration · rite of passage · ceremony · officiant · sponsor · godparent · submersion · sprinkling · blessing · consecration

naming

christener

One who names ceremonially

namesakeOne sharing another's name
godparentBaptismal ceremony guardian
naming ceremonyRitual bestowing official name

dedication · bestow · anoint · title · given name · name day · patron saint

Categories

namerschristener, labeler, nicknamer, designator, identifier
ritual rolesacolyte, altar server, celebrant, officiant, high priest
church rolesbishop, deacons, priest, pastor, lay readers
evangelistsevangelist, evangelists, missionary, revivalist, revivalists

Opposites

ritual role

baptizerbaptized

Initiated through water rite

neophyte · catechumen · convert · initiate · candidate

spiritual function

baptizerapostate

One who renounces faith

defector · heretic · backslider

Family

baptize, baptized, baptizes, baptizing, rebaptize, rebaptizes, rebaptized, rebaptizing

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