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# baptised

verb (past and past participle of baptise: baptised); adjective (a baptised Christian) — US spelling baptized

«baptised» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (church) Baptised means given the Christian ceremony of baptism, washed with water as a sign of joining Christ and the Church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#m1)
2. As an adjective, a baptised person is one who has had baptism. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#m2)
3. "Baptised in" or "baptised by" can also mean having a first hard experience of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#m3)

### In the lessons

In RE and family life: "I was baptised as a baby in this church." Certificates record when and where you were baptised. Some people are baptised as adults, by full immersion in a river or pool. Phrases: be baptised, baptised as a baby, baptised in the river, baptised a Catholic.

### Examples

- I was baptised in the same church as my mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x1)
- Jesus was baptised by John in the river Jordan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x2)
- My cousin was baptised in the sea at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x3)
- Baptised Christians can become godparents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x4)
- She was baptised a Catholic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x5)
- The new players were baptised by a muddy, freezing game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/#x6)

### Note

UK and Australian spelling baptised; US and Canadian baptized. Verb forms: baptise, baptises, baptised, baptising. Often passive: "was baptised". Not the same as "christened", though people often use them alike for babies.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «baptised» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptised/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«baptised» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/baptised.html) on Mova free.