Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not baptized; hence, figuratively, unhallowed; profane.
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- adjective Not
baptized .
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- adjective not having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism
Etymologies
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Examples
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Let me but look upon my own flesh and blood, let me baptize the unbaptized with my tears, and I shall feel this horrible load removed from my heart. "
Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers Susanna Moodie 1844
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For she bids us commit to the earth the corpses of all who die not "unbaptized," "excommunicate," or wilful suicides, and who are willing to lie in our consecrated ground; giving thanks to God that our dear brother has been delivered from the miseries of this sinful world, and in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life.
Westminster Sermons with a Preface Charles Kingsley 1847
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He requested that the new 'unbaptized' visitors come to the front so that they could receive some literature and a special prayer.
The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public 2008
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He requested that the new 'unbaptized' visitors come to the front so that they could receive some literature and a special prayer.
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Actually, the Inquisition reserved * all* its attacks for people who were, at least nominally, “other Christians,” since it had no jurisdiction over unbaptized persons.
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The ultimate consequence of this idea, and one that Augustine did not shirk from, was that unbaptized infants are damned.
Augustine vs. Pelagius - Part One: Man, the Fall, and Original Sin | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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I wonder if EA's version will feature a gigantic skull vomiting unbaptized babies.
Welcome To Hell SVGL 2009
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So Necromancers, who had previously been properly relagated to working black magic using bits of dead bodies and unbaptized infants started raising the dead in large numbers.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » The Zombie Revolution – Time to Take a Stand 2010
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Actually, the Inquisition reserved *all* its attacks for people who were, at least nominally, “other Christians,” since it had no jurisdiction over unbaptized persons.
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In The Inferno, Virgil guides Dante through the underworld, comprising nine concentric circles that represent varying degrees of condemnation, from the unbaptized in Limbo to traitorous Satan at the center.
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