120+ Baptism Riddles with Answers
This collection turns baptism into a surprisingly busy source of wordplay. Expect the running splash joke to surface beside fonts that have nothing to do with keyboards, shells used far from beaches, and plenty of ceremonial vocabulary. The dominant answer is baptism itself, but the pool also branches into godparents, immersion, holy water, candles, clothing, records, and even the shared language of ship christenings. When this deck runs dry, the Church riddles pick up right where these leave off.
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Three Baptism riddles, answers included
- I can happen with a splash, a pour, or a sprinkle, yet I am not a way to wash a shirt. What am I?
- Answer: baptism
- What kind of bath can leave your clothes dry and still give the family a reason to celebrate?
- Answer: baptism
- What gets wetter at church without needing to be cleaned?
- Answer: baptismal font
Baptism Riddles
- I can happen with a splash, a pour, or a sprinkle, yet I am not a way to wash a shirt. What am I?baptism
- What kind of bath can leave your clothes dry and still give the family a reason to celebrate?baptism
- What gets wetter at church without needing to be cleaned?baptismal font
- I borrow a home from the sea to carry water that never belonged in it, and my journey ends above a forehead. What am I?baptismal shell
- What water may be prepared before anyone arrives, yet is not waiting for tea?holy water
- What church splash can be tiny for a baby and total for an adult?baptism
- I turn a whole body into the answer to a one-second question: under or not? What am I?immersion
- What method reaches the head by droplets instead of by dunking?aspersion
- What begins as a pour and ends as a rite, not a refill?affusion
- I am lit from another flame, carried home, and saved long after my light is gone. What am I?baptismal candle
- What garment is chosen for symbolism, then immediately becomes a target for cake crumbs?white garment
- What family outfit can be older than the baby wearing it?christening gown
- I am not the mother, but I may stand beside one and make promises for years ahead. What am I?godmother
- Who can be called a father at the font without becoming anyone's parent that day?godfather
- Who may promise support before the guest of honor can even say their own name?godparents
- I am chosen to stand with a candidate, but there is no election. What am I?sponsor
- What paper proves a splash happened without showing a single drop?baptismal certificate
- What book remembers names from ceremonies long after the candles are gone?baptismal register
- I may be spoken at the font, inherited from family, and carried for life. What am I?baptismal name
- At the font, I may be absent yet still lend my identity to the person whose name is spoken. Who am I?namesake
- What can happen to a baby, a ship, or a brand-new object, all by giving it a name?christening
- I sound like a ceremony, but at work I mean your first brutal test. What am I?baptism of fire
- Which river is famous for a rite, yet nobody goes there to learn swimming strokes?Jordan River
- Who had water, a wilderness, and crowds, but no ticket booth?John the Baptist
- I appeared above water in an old sacred story, but I was not there to fish. What am I?dove
- What fragrant substance can mark a forehead while leaving the perfume counter out of it?chrism
- What oil may be used on a person without trying to fix a squeak?anointing oil
- I look like a pool built indoors, but laps are not on the schedule. What am I?baptismal tank
- What room is built for water but is not a bathroom?baptistery
- What promise can be made for a baby by people who know the baby cannot answer yet?baptismal promises
- I am spoken before the water, and I say what will be left behind rather than what will be packed. What am I?renunciation
- What statement of belief can be spoken aloud without being a debate?profession of faith
- What can be traced with a hand, spoken with words, and made before or after water?sign of the cross
- I am a set of sacred words that names three while marking one rite. What am I?Trinitarian formula
- What ordinary liquid can become the center of an extraordinary family day?water
- What rite can make a silent church suddenly discover how loud one baby is?baptism
- I may wear vestments, pour water, and still never be mistaken for a waiter. What am I?priest
- Who can lead the rite without being the person receiving it?minister
- Who may stand near the font in a collar, but is not there to fix the plumbing?deacon
- I may preach, pray, and lower someone into water, but I am not a swimming coach. What am I?pastor
- What group watches one person get wet while everyone else stays dressed for church?congregation
- Who brings the baby, answers questions, and somehow still has to remember the diaper bag?parents
- I am the one everyone came to see, whether I arrive in a gown or step into a tank. What am I?candidate
- What do you call someone preparing for the rite who is learning before getting wet?catechumen
- What version lets the person receiving it answer the questions personally?adult baptism
- I can happen before my guest of honor can pronounce my name. What am I?infant baptism
- Which form follows a person's own confession before the water?believer's baptism
- What rite may be performed urgently when there is no time for a planned ceremony?emergency baptism
- I trade a building for moving water, but the rite remains the same. What am I?river baptism
- What method makes 'just a little water' the wrong prediction?full immersion
- What water method sounds like serving a drink, but nobody asks for a refill?pouring
- I can make a few drops count as the whole watery moment. What am I?sprinkling
- What clothing is meant to get soaked on purpose?baptismal robe
- What waits beside a tank because the ceremony plans to create a dripping person?towel
- I am born from a larger light, carried carefully, and remembered after I vanish. What am I?candle flame
- What holds a ceremonial light but never gets invited as a guest?candleholder
- What dry record proves a watery rite the subject may not remember?baptism record
- I arrive before the ceremony, carry names and a date, and ask people to come see water matter. What am I?baptism invitation
- What picture is often taken after the water, when everyone finally faces the same direction?family photo
- What place outside the church becomes a photo studio for five minutes after the rite?church steps
- I begin when the ceremony ends and often last much longer than it did. What am I?baptism reception
- What meal can take longer than the rite it celebrates?baptism luncheon
- What small object can remember a big day without having a memory?baptism keepsake
- I am written to someone chosen for a lifelong role, but I am not a job offer. What am I?godparent card
- What tiny piece of jewelry may carry a date larger than its own size?baptismal medal
- What necklace can mark a rite without being the thing that performs it?cross necklace
- I keep a baby warm after a day centered on water, yet I never touch the font. What am I?baptismal blanket
- What headwear can survive the ceremony but lose a battle with one determined baby?baptism bonnet
- What tiny shoes may attend a rite before their owner can walk?baptism booties
- I am swung at a ship so the vessel can gain a name, and success means I break. What am I?champagne bottle
- What name belongs to a vessel before it belongs to any passenger?ship's name
- What ceremony can involve a bottle, a bow, and no baby at all?ship christening
- I am the moment a named vessel meets the water, but I am not its first bath. What am I?ship launch
- What part of a ship can take the hit at a naming ceremony without getting offended?bow
- What surface hopes a bottle breaks before it does?hull
- I am a word shared by a church ceremony and a shipyard naming day. What am I?christened
- What day gives a ship both a public name and its first date with open water?launching day
- What old setting had a preacher, a river, and no stone font?wilderness
- My name says I am 'beyond' a river, yet pilgrims come toward my water. What am I?Bethany beyond the Jordan
- What title belongs to the preacher whose name became inseparable from the rite?the Baptist
- What sign came down from above while the newly baptized came up from water?Spirit like a dove
- I am a washing where soap would miss the point. What am I?baptism
- What can change a person's ceremonial status without changing the color of their shirt?baptism
- What family event can be scheduled around a few drops and an enormous lunch?baptism
- I can put grandparents in the front row for a ceremony the baby may sleep through. What am I?baptism
- What rite can fit in minutes but leave a date remembered for decades?baptism
- What makes a white outfit practical symbolically and risky photographically?baptism
- I can begin with a name called aloud and end with relatives asking for copies of the photos. What am I?baptism
- What church event gives one small candle a bigger family audience than most birthday cakes?baptism
- What rite joins a borrowed gown, a borrowed name, and promises about the future?baptism
- I can use a shell without a beach and a font without a keyboard. What am I?baptism
- Which ceremony gives the same date to a certificate, a candle, and a family story?baptism
- What can be by immersion yet have nothing to do with language learning?baptism
- I may happen in a tank, but nobody keeps fish in it during my moment. What am I?baptism
- What ceremony can turn a towel into essential equipment without becoming a swim meet?baptism
- Which ceremony makes a godparent official without adding a new branch to the family tree?baptism
- I am a day when a baby's formalwear may have more history than the baby. What am I?baptism
- What makes a candle a keepsake even after it can no longer shine?baptism
- Which family ceremony can be tiny in water volume but enormous in the photo album?baptism
- I can move from a river in scripture to a tank in a modern church without changing my core. What am I?baptism
- Which rite is a personal choice for one adult and a family promise around one infant?baptism
- What gets photographed after the splash but before the lunch?baptism party
- I am the person trusted to support a baptized child, but my title contains no job description. What am I?baptismal sponsor
- What question at the font can be answered by someone who cannot yet talk?godparent response
- What white cloth can mean newness without being brand-new?baptismal cloth
- I am poured once, remembered yearly, and never ordered by the glass. What am I?baptismal water
- What word can describe giving a ship its name and also a religious rite?christen
- What can fail to shatter and instantly make sailors superstitious?christening bottle
- I am the spoken identity at the heart of a naming moment, but I am not a roll call. What am I?given name
- What witness may sign a record but never take the witness stand?baptism witness
- What tiny mark can begin on a forehead and finish as a family photograph?cross traced on the forehead
- I am a promise made in a church that is meant to outlast the clothes worn there. What am I?baptismal vow
- Which ceremony makes a name sound formal today and ordinary again tomorrow?baptism
- Which family rite can turn seconds at a font into a yearly anniversary?baptism
- I can put one name in a register and dozens of names on a guest list. What am I?baptism
- What ceremony gives a candle a job in daylight?baptism
- During which rite can a first name become the loudest word in a quiet room?baptism
- I can be planned for months and performed with water in seconds. What am I?baptism
- Which ceremony can give one date two guest lists, church first and lunch second?baptism
- What can be over before the candle cools but begin a godparent's long promise?baptism
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How These Baptism Riddles Work
The main trick is making baptismal language sound ordinary before revealing its ceremonial meaning. Water does most of the work: a splash is not washing, a bath leaves clothes dry, a tank holds no fish, and a towel becomes essential without starting a swim meet. The pool repeatedly turns pouring, sprinkling, immersion, and the baptismal font into literal water jokes.
A second pattern exploits words with lives outside church. A font sounds digital, a shell suggests the beach, a sponsor sounds commercial, and christening can name both a religious rite and a ship. Several clues also disguise familiar roles through their titles: a godfather becomes a father without parenthood, while a minister leads without receiving the rite. When one answer keeps returning, baptism is usually tying the water, family, name, promise, candle, or ceremony together.
When to Use These Baptism Riddles
This page fits baptism receptions, church family gatherings, Sunday school activities, and quiet entertainment while guests wait for lunch or photographs. The clues give relatives plenty of recognizable details, from the baptismal candle and christening gown to godparents, the font, and the certificate. They can also work as conversation starters when several generations are gathered around the same celebration.
For younger groups, choose Kids clues built around concrete images such as water, towels, tiny shoes, candles, and a baby making a quiet church suddenly loud. For adults or mixed groups, Hard choices can lean on affusion, aspersion, chrism, catechumen, renunciation, or the Trinitarian formula. Ship christening clues add a useful change of setting while keeping the naming vocabulary connected to the pool.
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Baptism Riddles for Kids
42 kid-friendly baptism riddles with simple words, safe themes, and answers that make young solvers feel clever.
Example Baptism Riddles for Kids
- I can happen with a splash, a pour, or a sprinkle, yet I am not a way to wash a shirt. What am I? baptism
- What gets wetter at church without needing to be cleaned? baptismal font
- I am lit from another flame, carried home, and saved long after my light is gone. What am I? baptismal candle
- What family outfit can be older than the baby wearing it? christening gown
Hard Baptism Riddles
For solvers who like a fight: 36 hard baptism riddles that resist the first guess, and often the second.
Example Hard Baptism Riddles
- I borrow a home from the sea to carry water that never belonged in it, and my journey ends above a forehead. What am I? baptismal shell
- I turn a whole body into the answer to a one-second question: under or not? What am I? immersion
- What method reaches the head by droplets instead of by dunking? aspersion
- What begins as a pour and ends as a rite, not a refill? affusion
Baptism Riddles for Adults
33 baptism riddles with grown-up wit: subtler wordplay and references, zero crudeness, all challenge.
Example Baptism Riddles for Adults
- What water may be prepared before anyone arrives, yet is not waiting for tea? holy water
- I am chosen to stand with a candidate, but there is no election. What am I? sponsor
- What book remembers names from ceremonies long after the candles are gone? baptismal register
- I sound like a ceremony, but at work I mean your first brutal test. What am I? baptism of fire
Funny Baptism Riddles
The punchline crowd: 37 baptism riddles built for a laugh, with puns, twists and groan-worthy wordplay included.
Example Funny Baptism Riddles
- What kind of bath can leave your clothes dry and still give the family a reason to celebrate? baptism
- What garment is chosen for symbolism, then immediately becomes a target for cake crumbs? white garment
- What paper proves a splash happened without showing a single drop? baptismal certificate
- Who had water, a wilderness, and crowds, but no ticket booth? John the Baptist
Easy Baptism Riddles
Warm up with 34 easy baptism riddles for quick wins to build momentum before the tricky ones.
Example Easy Baptism Riddles
- What church splash can be tiny for a baby and total for an adult? baptism
- Who may promise support before the guest of honor can even say their own name? godparents
- Which river is famous for a rite, yet nobody goes there to learn swimming strokes? Jordan River
- I look like a pool built indoors, but laps are not on the schedule. What am I? baptismal tank
Tricky Baptism Riddles
38 tricky baptism riddles that bait the obvious answer, so read slowly, the trap is in the wording.
Example Tricky Baptism Riddles
- I am not the mother, but I may stand beside one and make promises for years ahead. What am I? godmother
- Who can be called a father at the font without becoming anyone's parent that day? godfather
- At the font, I may be absent yet still lend my identity to the person whose name is spoken. Who am I? namesake
- I appeared above water in an old sacred story, but I was not there to fish. What am I? dove
What Am I Baptism Riddles
The classic guessing game: 40 what-am-I baptism riddles that describe themselves clue by clue. Read, commit to a guess, then reveal.
Example What Am I Baptism Riddles
- I may be spoken at the font, inherited from family, and carried for life. What am I? baptismal name
- I am spoken before the water, and I say what will be left behind rather than what will be packed. What am I? renunciation
- I am a set of sacred words that names three while marking one rite. What am I? Trinitarian formula
- I may wear vestments, pour water, and still never be mistaken for a waiter. What am I? priest
Clever Baptism Riddles
45 baptism riddles built on a genuinely neat idea rather than a trap: fair on the first read, satisfying on the reveal.
Example Clever Baptism Riddles
- What can happen to a baby, a ship, or a brand-new object, all by giving it a name? christening
- What fragrant substance can mark a forehead while leaving the perfume counter out of it? chrism
- What promise can be made for a baby by people who know the baby cannot answer yet? baptismal promises
- What statement of belief can be spoken aloud without being a debate? profession of faith
Long Baptism Riddles
19 baptism riddles with a full setup and room for real misdirection, the ones worth reading out loud.
Example Long Baptism Riddles
- I may preach, pray, and lower someone into water, but I am not a swimming coach. What am I? pastor
- I am the one everyone came to see, whether I arrive in a gown or step into a tank. What am I? candidate
- I am born from a larger light, carried carefully, and remembered after I vanish. What am I? candle flame
- I arrive before the ceremony, carry names and a date, and ask people to come see water matter. What am I? baptism invitation
Baptism Riddles to Ask Your Friends
38 baptism riddles built to stump someone: text one without the answer, watch them squirm, then enjoy the reveal.
Example Baptism Riddles to Ask Your Friends
- What room is built for water but is not a bathroom? baptistery
- Who may stand near the font in a collar, but is not there to fix the plumbing? deacon
- What group watches one person get wet while everyone else stays dressed for church? congregation
- I can happen before my guest of honor can pronounce my name. What am I? infant baptism
Short Baptism Riddles
In a hurry? 101 bite-size baptism riddles that get to the point in one line, perfect to text a friend.
Example Short Baptism Riddles
- What oil may be used on a person without trying to fix a squeak? anointing oil
- What can be traced with a hand, spoken with words, and made before or after water? sign of the cross
- What ordinary liquid can become the center of an extraordinary family day? water
- What rite can make a silent church suddenly discover how loud one baby is? baptism
All 120 Baptism Riddles with Answers
1. I can happen with a splash, a pour, or a sprinkle, yet I am not a way to wash a shirt. What am I?
Answer: baptism
2. What kind of bath can leave your clothes dry and still give the family a reason to celebrate?
Answer: baptism
3. What gets wetter at church without needing to be cleaned?
Answer: baptismal font
4. I borrow a home from the sea to carry water that never belonged in it, and my journey ends above a forehead. What am I?
Answer: baptismal shell
5. What water may be prepared before anyone arrives, yet is not waiting for tea?
Answer: holy water
6. What church splash can be tiny for a baby and total for an adult?
Answer: baptism
7. I turn a whole body into the answer to a one-second question: under or not? What am I?
Answer: immersion
8. What method reaches the head by droplets instead of by dunking?
Answer: aspersion
9. What begins as a pour and ends as a rite, not a refill?
Answer: affusion
10. I am lit from another flame, carried home, and saved long after my light is gone. What am I?
Answer: baptismal candle
11. What garment is chosen for symbolism, then immediately becomes a target for cake crumbs?
Answer: white garment
12. What family outfit can be older than the baby wearing it?
Answer: christening gown
13. I am not the mother, but I may stand beside one and make promises for years ahead. What am I?
Answer: godmother
14. Who can be called a father at the font without becoming anyone's parent that day?
Answer: godfather
15. Who may promise support before the guest of honor can even say their own name?
Answer: godparents
16. I am chosen to stand with a candidate, but there is no election. What am I?
Answer: sponsor
17. What paper proves a splash happened without showing a single drop?
Answer: baptismal certificate
18. What book remembers names from ceremonies long after the candles are gone?
Answer: baptismal register
19. I may be spoken at the font, inherited from family, and carried for life. What am I?
Answer: baptismal name
20. At the font, I may be absent yet still lend my identity to the person whose name is spoken. Who am I?
Answer: namesake
21. What can happen to a baby, a ship, or a brand-new object, all by giving it a name?
Answer: christening
22. I sound like a ceremony, but at work I mean your first brutal test. What am I?
Answer: baptism of fire
23. Which river is famous for a rite, yet nobody goes there to learn swimming strokes?
Answer: Jordan River
24. Who had water, a wilderness, and crowds, but no ticket booth?
Answer: John the Baptist
25. I appeared above water in an old sacred story, but I was not there to fish. What am I?
Answer: dove
26. What fragrant substance can mark a forehead while leaving the perfume counter out of it?
Answer: chrism
27. What oil may be used on a person without trying to fix a squeak?
Answer: anointing oil
28. I look like a pool built indoors, but laps are not on the schedule. What am I?
Answer: baptismal tank
29. What room is built for water but is not a bathroom?
Answer: baptistery
30. What promise can be made for a baby by people who know the baby cannot answer yet?
Answer: baptismal promises
31. I am spoken before the water, and I say what will be left behind rather than what will be packed. What am I?
Answer: renunciation
32. What statement of belief can be spoken aloud without being a debate?
Answer: profession of faith
33. What can be traced with a hand, spoken with words, and made before or after water?
Answer: sign of the cross
34. I am a set of sacred words that names three while marking one rite. What am I?
Answer: Trinitarian formula
35. What ordinary liquid can become the center of an extraordinary family day?
Answer: water
36. What rite can make a silent church suddenly discover how loud one baby is?
Answer: baptism
37. I may wear vestments, pour water, and still never be mistaken for a waiter. What am I?
Answer: priest
38. Who can lead the rite without being the person receiving it?
Answer: minister
39. Who may stand near the font in a collar, but is not there to fix the plumbing?
Answer: deacon
40. I may preach, pray, and lower someone into water, but I am not a swimming coach. What am I?
Answer: pastor
41. What group watches one person get wet while everyone else stays dressed for church?
Answer: congregation
42. Who brings the baby, answers questions, and somehow still has to remember the diaper bag?
Answer: parents
43. I am the one everyone came to see, whether I arrive in a gown or step into a tank. What am I?
Answer: candidate
44. What do you call someone preparing for the rite who is learning before getting wet?
Answer: catechumen
45. What version lets the person receiving it answer the questions personally?
Answer: adult baptism
46. I can happen before my guest of honor can pronounce my name. What am I?
Answer: infant baptism
47. Which form follows a person's own confession before the water?
Answer: believer's baptism
48. What rite may be performed urgently when there is no time for a planned ceremony?
Answer: emergency baptism
49. I trade a building for moving water, but the rite remains the same. What am I?
Answer: river baptism
50. What method makes 'just a little water' the wrong prediction?
Answer: full immersion
51. What water method sounds like serving a drink, but nobody asks for a refill?
Answer: pouring
52. I can make a few drops count as the whole watery moment. What am I?
Answer: sprinkling
53. What clothing is meant to get soaked on purpose?
Answer: baptismal robe
54. What waits beside a tank because the ceremony plans to create a dripping person?
Answer: towel
55. I am born from a larger light, carried carefully, and remembered after I vanish. What am I?
Answer: candle flame
56. What holds a ceremonial light but never gets invited as a guest?
Answer: candleholder
57. What dry record proves a watery rite the subject may not remember?
Answer: baptism record
58. I arrive before the ceremony, carry names and a date, and ask people to come see water matter. What am I?
Answer: baptism invitation
59. What picture is often taken after the water, when everyone finally faces the same direction?
Answer: family photo
60. What place outside the church becomes a photo studio for five minutes after the rite?
Answer: church steps
61. I begin when the ceremony ends and often last much longer than it did. What am I?
Answer: baptism reception
62. What meal can take longer than the rite it celebrates?
Answer: baptism luncheon
63. What small object can remember a big day without having a memory?
Answer: baptism keepsake
64. I am written to someone chosen for a lifelong role, but I am not a job offer. What am I?
Answer: godparent card
65. What tiny piece of jewelry may carry a date larger than its own size?
Answer: baptismal medal
66. What necklace can mark a rite without being the thing that performs it?
Answer: cross necklace
67. I keep a baby warm after a day centered on water, yet I never touch the font. What am I?
Answer: baptismal blanket
68. What headwear can survive the ceremony but lose a battle with one determined baby?
Answer: baptism bonnet
69. What tiny shoes may attend a rite before their owner can walk?
Answer: baptism booties
70. I am swung at a ship so the vessel can gain a name, and success means I break. What am I?
Answer: champagne bottle
71. What name belongs to a vessel before it belongs to any passenger?
Answer: ship's name
72. What ceremony can involve a bottle, a bow, and no baby at all?
Answer: ship christening
73. I am the moment a named vessel meets the water, but I am not its first bath. What am I?
Answer: ship launch
74. What part of a ship can take the hit at a naming ceremony without getting offended?
Answer: bow
75. What surface hopes a bottle breaks before it does?
Answer: hull
76. I am a word shared by a church ceremony and a shipyard naming day. What am I?
Answer: christened
77. What day gives a ship both a public name and its first date with open water?
Answer: launching day
78. What old setting had a preacher, a river, and no stone font?
Answer: wilderness
79. My name says I am 'beyond' a river, yet pilgrims come toward my water. What am I?
Answer: Bethany beyond the Jordan
80. What title belongs to the preacher whose name became inseparable from the rite?
Answer: the Baptist
81. What sign came down from above while the newly baptized came up from water?
Answer: Spirit like a dove
82. I am a washing where soap would miss the point. What am I?
Answer: baptism
83. What can change a person's ceremonial status without changing the color of their shirt?
Answer: baptism
84. What family event can be scheduled around a few drops and an enormous lunch?
Answer: baptism
85. I can put grandparents in the front row for a ceremony the baby may sleep through. What am I?
Answer: baptism
86. What rite can fit in minutes but leave a date remembered for decades?
Answer: baptism
87. What makes a white outfit practical symbolically and risky photographically?
Answer: baptism
88. I can begin with a name called aloud and end with relatives asking for copies of the photos. What am I?
Answer: baptism
89. What church event gives one small candle a bigger family audience than most birthday cakes?
Answer: baptism
90. What rite joins a borrowed gown, a borrowed name, and promises about the future?
Answer: baptism
91. I can use a shell without a beach and a font without a keyboard. What am I?
Answer: baptism
92. Which ceremony gives the same date to a certificate, a candle, and a family story?
Answer: baptism
93. What can be by immersion yet have nothing to do with language learning?
Answer: baptism
94. I may happen in a tank, but nobody keeps fish in it during my moment. What am I?
Answer: baptism
95. What ceremony can turn a towel into essential equipment without becoming a swim meet?
Answer: baptism
96. Which ceremony makes a godparent official without adding a new branch to the family tree?
Answer: baptism
97. I am a day when a baby's formalwear may have more history than the baby. What am I?
Answer: baptism
98. What makes a candle a keepsake even after it can no longer shine?
Answer: baptism
99. Which family ceremony can be tiny in water volume but enormous in the photo album?
Answer: baptism
100. I can move from a river in scripture to a tank in a modern church without changing my core. What am I?
Answer: baptism
101. Which rite is a personal choice for one adult and a family promise around one infant?
Answer: baptism
102. What gets photographed after the splash but before the lunch?
Answer: baptism party
103. I am the person trusted to support a baptized child, but my title contains no job description. What am I?
Answer: baptismal sponsor
104. What question at the font can be answered by someone who cannot yet talk?
Answer: godparent response
105. What white cloth can mean newness without being brand-new?
Answer: baptismal cloth
106. I am poured once, remembered yearly, and never ordered by the glass. What am I?
Answer: baptismal water
107. What word can describe giving a ship its name and also a religious rite?
Answer: christen
108. What can fail to shatter and instantly make sailors superstitious?
Answer: christening bottle
109. I am the spoken identity at the heart of a naming moment, but I am not a roll call. What am I?
Answer: given name
110. What witness may sign a record but never take the witness stand?
Answer: baptism witness
111. What tiny mark can begin on a forehead and finish as a family photograph?
Answer: cross traced on the forehead
112. I am a promise made in a church that is meant to outlast the clothes worn there. What am I?
Answer: baptismal vow
113. Which ceremony makes a name sound formal today and ordinary again tomorrow?
Answer: baptism
114. Which family rite can turn seconds at a font into a yearly anniversary?
Answer: baptism
115. I can put one name in a register and dozens of names on a guest list. What am I?
Answer: baptism
116. What ceremony gives a candle a job in daylight?
Answer: baptism
117. During which rite can a first name become the loudest word in a quiet room?
Answer: baptism
118. I can be planned for months and performed with water in seconds. What am I?
Answer: baptism
119. Which ceremony can give one date two guest lists, church first and lunch second?
Answer: baptism
120. What can be over before the candle cools but begin a godparent's long promise?
Answer: baptism
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