baptised

«baptised» in Mova's school dictionary: given the Christian ceremony of baptism, washed with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past and past participle of baptise: baptised); adjective (a baptised Christian) — US spelling baptized

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) Baptised means given the Christian ceremony of baptism, washed with water as a sign of joining Christ and the Church. tree →

2) As an adjective, a baptised person is one who has had baptism. tree →

3) "Baptised in" or "baptised by" can also mean having a first hard experience of something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In RE and family life: "I was baptised as a baby in this church." Certificates record when and where you were baptised. Some people are baptised as adults, by full immersion in a river or pool. Phrases: be baptised, baptised as a baby, baptised in the river, baptised a Catholic.

examples

• I was baptised in the same church as my mum. tree →
• Jesus was baptised by John in the river Jordan. tree →
• My cousin was baptised in the sea at the beach. tree →
• Baptised Christians can become godparents. tree →
• She was baptised a Catholic. tree →
• The new players were baptised by a muddy, freezing game. tree →

note

UK and Australian spelling baptised; US and Canadian baptized. Verb forms: baptise, baptises, baptised, baptising. Often passive: "was baptised". Not the same as "christened", though people often use them alike for babies.

In the corpora

• Christians believe Jesus did no wrong, yet he joined ordinary people in being baptised.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «baptised» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.