baptism
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- noun
- /ˈbæptɪzəm/
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bautismo
- The priest gently sprinkled water on the baby's head during the baptism, symbolizing purification and rebirth.
- baptism and communion
- baptism and eucharist
- sacrament of baptism
And that's that's baptism, that's that's conversion.
- And that's that's baptism, that's that's conversion.
- And we are set free through baptism from being under the domain of Satan.
- The Orthodox Christian Church believes at the time of baptism you are assigned a guardian Angel.
- And we'll stop all social events, including weddings, baptisms and other ceremonies, but excluding funerals.
- Well before the war, they used to meet at birthdays or their children's baptisms.
- It's Augustine particularly who's responsible for infant baptism.
- So I would say man baptism, water, I've been baptized, right?
- We see Jesus performing known Kabbalistic practices like baptism.
Examples
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In the months to come, they will be preparing their initiation into Christian faith by baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist.
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Belem kept the photo album of central lifecycle events subsidized by her absentee husband: baptism, first communion, and birthdays.
Academic text (2008) -
We think it's the largest baptism of all time.
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"We better hurry up or we're gonna miss the baptism," I said.
Fiction book (2000) -
But both of these gentlemen have expressed a desire... for immediate baptism.
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The Orthodox Christian Church believes at the time of baptism you are assigned a guardian Angel.
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Their presence is required at other rites of passage such as baptism, marriage, and death.
Academic text (1994) -
The occasion, it seems, is the baptism of Christopher, his and Teresa's son.
Academic text (1991) -
I now present Ethan Dickerson for baptism.
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You guys don't mind coming back here on the 20th, do you, for Cooper's baptism?
Synonyms
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5.5
A ceremony in a church where a baby is formally given a Christian name
Compounds
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
baptism = baptize (transparent) = bapt + ism
The noun denotes the act or ceremony related to the verb 'baptize', so learners who know 'baptize' can predict the meaning.
Etymology
Baptism comes from the Greek verb baptizein, which means 'to dip' or 'wash' and is like the English word bathe. So baptism is literally a washing or dipping in water, and that is why the ceremony uses water to show 'cleansing' and 'a new life'.