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Rebaptize

Rebaptize \Re`bap*tize"\ (r[=e]`b[a^]p*t[imac]z"), v. t. [Pref. re- + baptize: cf. F. rebaptiser, L. rebaptizare.] To baptize again or a second time.

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rebaptize

alt. 1 (context transitive English) To baptize again. 2 (context transitive English) To rename. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To baptize again. 2 (context transitive English) To rename.

Usage examples of "rebaptize".

And therefore if Judas baptized anyone, yet were they not rebaptized .

But those whom John had baptized were baptized again, according to Acts 19:1-7, where it is stated that Paul rebaptized those who had received the Baptism of John.

Much more, therefore, should those be rebaptized, who have been baptized by heretics or sinners.

If these were baptized in the name of the Trinity, they must not be rebaptized.

But it does not seem that a man should be rebaptized through not having had the intention of receiving Baptism: else, since his intention cannot be proved, anyone might ask to be baptized again on account of his lack of intention.

If, however, they were to pronounce the words absolutely at the same time, and dipped or sprinkled the man together, they should be punished for baptizing in an improper manner, but not for rebaptizing: because each would intend to baptize an unbaptized person, and each, so far as he is concerned, would baptize.

In this manner I saw Podolia and Volkynia, which were rebaptized a few years later by the names of Galicia and Lodomeria, for they are now part of the Austrian Empire.

If the Islands of Solomon, as tradition has it, are on the antimeridian of the Isla de Hierro, and if we are at the correct latitude, sailing towards the west with a following wind, we should land at San Cristoval, or however we choose to rebaptize that ghastly island.