(v. t.) To administer the sacrament of baptism to.
(v. t.) To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.
(v. t.) To sanctify; to consecrate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Junípero Serra's road to sainthood is controversial for Native Americans Read more When the King of Spain sent Jesuit priests to prevent Russian fur hunters from claiming the region, he directed them to educate and baptize native peoples so they could become Spanish citizens, but Serra had other plans.
(2) They review the essential features of this lesion which was baptized by Jaffe.
(3) In this religious democratization, 80% of babies were still baptized, but church attendance fell to 57%, according to a recent Datafolha survey.
(4) I was baptized by fire.” Finley started by tracing the numbers the swatters used to call the Johns Creek emergency hotline.
(5) Thirty-five percent of children in the county live in poverty, and the unemployment rate for black men ages 20-24 is 37%, according to the latest US census data “I would say that 80 to 90% of the people we baptize into this church are poor people,” Adams said.
(6) He was also baptized as a Mormon, a key voting demographic in the state that his campaign had pursued relentlessly.
(7) And we know that because we have a Lift the Burden fund, and people get into situations where they need financial help, so most of the people we baptize are poor people.
(8) That was interrupted in 2015 when the church adopted rules banning children living with gay parents from being baptized until the age of 18.
(9) You’re a bum!” David Haye knocks out Mark de Mori in first round of boxing comeback Read more Once the pair were separated Wilder fired back: “You can run around like you’re a preacher but I promise you, when you do step in this ring I will baptize you!
Dedicate
Definition:
(p. a.) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
(v. t.) To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.
(v. t.) To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
(v. t.) To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
Example Sentences:
(1) A dedicated goal makes a big difference in mobilising action and resources.
(2) His dedication and professionalism is world class and he deserves all the recognition he has received to date.
(3) Giving voice to that sentiment the mass-selling daily newspaper Ta Nea dedicated its front-page editorial to what it hoped would soon be the group's demise, describing Alexopoulos' desertion as a "positive development".
(4) This can only be achieved by a well prepared and equipped team dedicated to provision of this care.
(5) The fashion in Hollywood leading men now is for the sort of sculpted torso that requires months, if not years, of dedicated abdominal crunching.
(6) Arvind Kejriwal, leader of a new populist political party "dedicated to improving the lot of the common man", announced on Monday that he would form a government to run the sprawling, troubled and increasingly wealthy city of 15 million people.
(7) The authors document the first 19 months of a service dedicated to the care of hopelessly ill patients in a teaching hospital.
(8) Patronage at the airport in the early years would not justify a dedicated rail link.
(9) Fried, reports Variety, has now retired to Florida, but the director tracked her down and rewarded her with a dedication in the soon-to-be-published coffee table making-of book, as well as couple of cameos.
(10) Dedicate it to the off-the-cuff remark – the gaffe, even – which averts a war.
(11) This communication deals with Leidy's life, his philosophy, and his unique dedication to the study of nature.
(12) What we do know is that we cannot and will not see this decision as a vote of no confidence, and that we will find a way to continue through our own passion and dedication to making theatre that represents the dispossessed, tells stories of the injustices of our world and changes lives.
(13) The second phase (1960-1980) was dedicated to a deeper understanding of the relationship between the course of therapy and its results.
(14) The Brookhaven National Laboratory X-ray microprobe, facilities dedicated to X-ray fluorescence, and related analytical techniques are discussed.
(15) The Peppers like to be jerks (at Dingwalls Swan dedicated a song to “all you whiney Britishers who can suck my American cock”), but don’t let the surface attitude fool you.
(16) A whole website ( nicecupofteaandasitdown.com ) is now dedicated to choosing the best biscuit for the job.
(17) The fight against Britain's biggest killer diseases could be hit by NHS plans to cut the number of dedicated teams of experts widely lauded for their work to improve care, doctors and health charities have warned.
(18) She insists she has no regrets about dedicating herself to the man millions admired but few really got to know.
(19) In the late 1990s, after airlines were roundly criticized for ignoring desperate requests for information after crashes, Congress required carriers to dedicate significant attention to families of passengers.
(20) The bank told staff that sales of such products are driven by “trigger points” in customer lives and that it was no longer economical to have a dedicated network of advisers selling critical illness and income protection products.