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Meanings of receive baptism in English

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Usage of receive baptism in English
1
So I am ready anon to receive baptism, and to observe all thy sayings.
Barlaam and Ioasaph
2
They told him also, that their king would receive baptism.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
3
What dispositions must adults or grown persons, have that they may worthily receive baptism?
A Catechism of Christian Doctrine
4
He believed all the instructions of the Church, and was sufficiently informed to receive baptism.
Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2
5
Few of them left, and the most vile were those who did not receive baptism.
The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
6
The anabaptists pretend that children, not as yet having reason, ought not to receive baptism.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters
7
This chief became sick, and a father entreated him with much earnestness to receive baptism.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 13 of 55 / 1604-1605 ...
8
They all agreed to this, and went to the king, and said they would receive baptism.
Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
9
So I beg you and command you, as good vassals and brothers, to join me and receive baptism.
The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
10
Go we then to the church, and there according to the traditional rite of your holy faith let me receive baptism.
The Decameron, Volume I
11
There the people could have preaching, hear the Word, listen to prayers, sing Psalms, and receive baptism and the Lord's Supper.
Sketches of the Covenanters
12
Therefore, he moots sending gifts to Charlemagne, with a promise to follow him to France to do homage and receive baptism.
The Book of the Epic: The World's Great Epics Told in Story
13
On the day after the Sabbath, Simon of Cyrene went to the Apostles and begged to be instructed and to receive baptism.
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
14
Following my example, all my nobility will then in like manner receive baptism, and this will be imitated by my subjects in general.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 / (From Barbaro...
15
And he answered that he firmly believed in the God, whom he knew to be almighty, and in his name desired to receive baptism.
The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick / Including the Life by ...
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I oblige them all to say the confiteor, but principally those who are to receive baptism, whom I also enjoin to say the belief.
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volume...
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