Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who baptizes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who baptizes.
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- noun
Agent noun ofbaptize ; a person who baptizes.
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Examples
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He became Love Alices soul mate, Olivias rock, and a baptizer and pillar of the community.
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When Shylock is baptized, it's done in a pool of water in the middle of the stage and the baptizer thrusts his head under with ferocity, practically drowning the man in the process.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Al Pacino in Subtle Merchant Of Venice; An Obvious Elf and More Michael Giltz 2010
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Today, bot Obamas are struck dumb on the subject of this like family-former advisor-spritual advisor-former pastor for 20 years and baptizer of their family and the person who performed their wedding vows.
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When Shylock is baptized, it's done in a pool of water in the middle of the stage and the baptizer thrusts his head under with ferocity, practically drowning the man in the process.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Al Pacino in Subtle Merchant Of Venice; An Obvious Elf and More Michael Giltz 2010
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Below that is the child John taking a bath (perhaps meant to echo his role as a baptizer), and then John appears as a hermit in the wilderness.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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John the baptizer was killed in 36 AD, according to history, and Jesus was killed a year or more later.
Did Jesus Exist On YouTube James F. McGrath 2008
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On the following day of St. John, three more masses were held, to remember his role as the precurser, his role as the baptizer, and the last to honor his sanctity.
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On the following day of St. John, three more masses were held, to remember his role as the precurser, his role as the baptizer, and the last to honor his sanctity.
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What probably happened was that Judas of Galilee changed his name to Jesus Bar Abbas when he was baptized by John the baptizer in 6 AD.
Did Jesus Exist On YouTube James F. McGrath 2008
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For though a baptizer and an anointer bestow authority—in much the same way as the Archbishop of Canterbury conferred the regal status on Queen Elizabeth II in 1953—they themselves must have had authority to do so.
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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