baptize — OET

baptize

verb

1 he was baptized at the parish church:

christen, immerse, sprinkle;

rare lustrate.

2 he had been baptized into the Roman Catholic Church:

admit, introduce, initiate, enrol, recruit, convert.

3 he was baptized with the names John Cyril:

name, give a name to, call, dub, nickname;

label, style, term, describe as, title, entitle, designate;

rare clepe, denominate.

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