Definition

1. Verb:
   • To baptize: The primary religious meaning of "rửa tội" is the Christian sacrament of initiation and purification, involving the application of water, which symbolizes the washing away of sin and admission into the Christian Church.
   • To christen: This term can also refer specifically to the baptism and naming of an infant.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Linh mục sẽ rửa tội cho em bé vào Chủ nhật tới. (The priest will baptize the baby next Sunday.)
  • Họ đã rửa tội cho con trai tại nhà thờ chính tòa. (They christened their son at the cathedral.)
  • Theo đạo Thiên Chúa, một người chỉ được rửa tội một lần. (In Christianity, a person is baptized only once.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lễ rửa tội": baptism (as a noun, referring to the ceremony or rite itself).
  • Lễ rửa tội của cô ấy được tổ chức rất trang trọng. (Her baptism ceremony was held very solemnly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rửa tội bằng nước (v): to baptize with water.
  • Nghi thức thường là rửa tội bằng nước. (The ritual is usually to baptize with water.)

Synonyms

• Baptize: to perform the rite of baptism.
• Christen: to baptize and name; to use for the first time.

Related Idioms

• Rửa tội cho tội lỗi: to cleanse/purify from sin (a conceptual extension).
  • Bí tích này được cho là rửa tội cho tội lỗi nguyên tổ. (This sacrament is believed to cleanse original sin.)

verb

1. to baptize; to chaisten