baptism
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Or churches that get fixated on monthly baptism rates instead of tending to the spiritual needs of their flocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Balfe: It was a bit of a baptism of fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 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
Former midfielder Carrick was installed as boss until the end of the season this week and faces a baptism of fire when Manchester City visit on Saturday.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
A clerk there found a certificate from my christening, when I was a baby, and another from my baptism, which, as with all Mormon children, had occurred when I was eight.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing baptism
Power Suffix: -ism
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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