baptism
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After a section about his own adult baptism, the pinnacle of his faith journey, Vance launches, jarringly, into a chapter about his views of the international order.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026
On the religious question, Mr. Putin has, for example, made it a custom to participate in Kreshchenskiye Kupaniya, or epiphany bathing, every Jan. 19, commemorating Christ’s baptism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
French ice dancers Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry are poised to win Olympic gold in Milan despite a baptism of fire in their debut season with accusations of control and manipulation flying.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
"The day before my baptism, they asked me how much money I was making and I told them," she says.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
It was like my life-changing baptism two years before—only a different kind of baptism.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
Vocabulary lists containing baptism
Power Suffix: -ism
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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