baptaiz

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Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English baptize, from Middle English baptisen, baptizen, from Old French baptiser, batisier, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptizō, baptizāre, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, to immerse, plunge, baptize).

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baptaiz

  1. (Christianity) to baptize (perform the sacrament of baptism)
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3:16:
      Az Jiizas don baptaiz so, wen im a kom op outa di waata, aal av a sodn evn uopm op an im si Gad Spirit a kom dong pan im laka wan dov.
      As soon as Jesus was baptized, when he came up out of the water, the heavens suddenly opened up, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down upon him like a dove.