SPIRITUALIZED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

spiritualized

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past tense of spiritualize

as in baptized

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Evan Bland said his wife insisted that everyone in the home needed to be baptized in the bathtub.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
At Alderson, over 60 women were baptized as part of a larger Christian religious service.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of baptized

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Like much of the first half of the episode, before the plane crash, this gala sequence is shot in silky gold colors, as if John and Carolyn had already been sanctified.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
That was until Pope Leo inadvertently sanctified them in 2026.

— Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026

Definition of sanctified

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And here, the researchers simply purified the translation machinery and supplied it to the SpudCells.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of purified

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And on July 1, two SSPX bishops consecrated the four new bishops in a highly visible ceremony in Écône, Switzerland, after being warned that doing so would result in their excommunication.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
In the late 1980s, its ‌founder ⁠Marcel Lefebvre consecrated four bishops without the approval of Pope John Paul II, leading those involved to be excommunicated.

— Reuters, NBC news, 5 July 2026

Definition of consecrated

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Once your makeup is removed and your face is cleansed, add a hydrating cream like the All About Eyes Lightweight Eye Cream, then use the De-Puffing Eye Roller in the morning to awaken and brighten your eyes for the day.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
Allen cleansed himself in the process.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 May 2026

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