baptism
noun/ˈbæptɪzəm/
Etymology From Middle English bapteme, baptesme, from Old French batesme or bapteme, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma, “dipping, baptism”), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I dip in liquid”). Displaced native Old English fulwiht.
1
Christianity A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
- The child’s baptism was held at the old church.
- The ceremony of baptism symbolizes spiritual rebirth.
2
A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
3
Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.
- Antonyms
- de-baptism, debaptism
- Derived terms
55 terms
adult baptism, affusion baptism, baptism by affusion, anabaptism, Anabaptism, antibaptism, aspersion baptism, baptism by aspersion, baptismal, baptismally, baptism by immersing, baptism by pouring, baptism by sprinkling, baptism by submerging, baptism for the dead, baptism by proxy, baptism of blood, baptism of desire, baptism of fire, baptism by fire, fire baptism, baptism of the Holy Spirit, baptism in the Holy Spirit, baptism with the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit baptism, believer's baptism, believers' baptism, believers baptism, blood baptism, Catabaptism, conditional baptism, credobaptism, credo-baptism, debaptism, half-baptism, hypothetical baptism, immersion baptism, baptism by immersion, infant baptism, infantile baptism, paedobaptism, pædobaptism, pedobaptism, paedo-baptism, pædo-baptism, pedo-baptism, prebaptism, rebaptism, re-baptism, se-baptism, submersion baptism, baptism by submersion, unbaptism, vicarious baptism, water baptism- Related terms
72 terms
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