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*The state of being unable to pay one's debts. To formally declare bankruptcy is to seek relief from creditors through a court action. An individual, government, business, or other organization can declare bankruptcy. | *The state of being unable to pay one's debts. To formally declare bankruptcy is to seek relief from creditors through a court action. An individual, government, business, or other organization can declare bankruptcy. | ||
===== Banns ===== | ===== Banns ===== | ||
*A public announcement made by a couple to their local church congregation that they planned to marry. The couple may also have posted a written notice on the church. | *A public announcement made by a couple to their local church congregation that they planned to marry. The couple may also have posted a written notice on the church. | ||
===== Baptêmes ===== | |||
*The French word for baptisms. | *The French word for baptisms. | ||
===== Baptism certificate ===== | |||
*A certificate stating the date and place an individual was baptized into a church. | *A certificate stating the date and place an individual was baptized into a church. | ||
===== Baptism for the dead, Latter-day Saint ===== | |||
*A priesthood ordinance performed in temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church members are baptized by proxy in behalf of people who have died. | *A priesthood ordinance performed in temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church members are baptized by proxy in behalf of people who have died. | ||
===== Baptism, general ===== | |||
An initiation into a Christian church, usually performed by sprinkling the individual with water or immersing the individual in water. | An initiation into a Christian church, usually performed by sprinkling the individual with water or immersing the individual in water. | ||