baptize

• Verb, das die Durchführung der christlichen Taufe bezeichnet, meist durch Untertauchen oder Besprengen mit Wasser als Zeichen der Reinigung und der Aufnahme in die Kirche.

A verb used to indicate the act of performing the Christian sacrament of baptism, typically involving immersion in or sprinkling with water as a sign of purification and admission to the Church.

1. Administer baptismB1formal

   To perform the Christian rite of baptism, typically involving water, as a sign of spiritual purification and admission to the Church.

   Taufen

   • The priest baptized the infant in the church.
   • She was baptized at the age of ten.
   • They traveled to the river to be baptized by the minister.

   Synonymechristen