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name
The Baptist faith; the Baptist denominations of Christianity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, rare
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
Synonyms: christening
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sacrament
Narrower terms: affusion, aspersion, sprinkling, christening, immersion
History
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.
Across languages
137 source translations are retained for this English entry.
