Baptize: alternatives and connections

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Baptize

To administer the sacrament of baptism to.

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Baptism 74% connected

The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Baptism 74% connected

The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Christen 92% connected

To baptize and give a Christian name to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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