rebaptize
verb (also re-baptize); (UK usually rebaptise, re-baptise) uk/ˌriː.bæpˈtaɪz/ us/ˌriːˈbæp.taɪz/
[ I or T ]给…再次施洗礼
to baptize someone again (= perform a Christian ceremony involving water making someone an official member of a Christian Church)
Most Christian churches teach that once a person is validly baptized by water, there is no need to rebaptize that person. 大多数基督教会教导说，一旦一个人有效地受了水洗礼，就没有必要为他重新洗礼。
He taught about the necessity to re-baptize converts to the Church. 他教导人们有必要为皈依教会的人重新施洗。
They declare that they will no longer re-baptise, as was their custom previously. 他们宣布将不再像以前那样重新洗礼。
[ T ]为…重新命名
to give someone or something a new name
The new president was popularly re-baptized as "the successful one". 新总统被大众重新冠名为“成功者”。
The geography of the conquered continent was rebaptized with designations such as New Spain, New Amsterdam, or New York. 被占领的大陆被重新命名为新西班牙、新阿姆斯特丹或纽约（新约克）。
Synonym: rename
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- In 1755, it was decided to rebaptise Catholics joining the Orthodox Church.
- He demanded that they should all be re-baptized when being received into the Church.
- We do not rebaptize those who come from other denominations.