Baptism

Noun

 * 1) The Christian sacrament in which one is anointed with or submerged in water and sometimes given a name.
 * 2) A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.

Thesaurus
ordination, penance, rinsing, seven sacraments, sinking, souse, sousing, sparging, spattering, splashing, splattering, spraying, sprinkling, styling, submergence, submersion, swashing, terming, the Eucharist, total immersion, watering, wetting, acceptance, admission, admittance, affusion, appellation, aspergation, aspersion, baptismal gown, baptismal regeneration, baptistery, baptizement, bath, bathing, bedewing, burial, calling, chrismal, christening, confirmation, dampening, damping, definition, deluge, denomination, designation, dewing, dip, dipping, dousing, drowning, duck, ducking, dunking, engulfment, enlistment, enrollment, extreme unction, flooding, font, holy orders, hosing, hosing down, humidification, identification, immergence, immersion, immission, inauguration, induction, infusion, initiation, installation, instatement, intromission, inundation, investiture, irrigation, laving, matrimony, moistening, naming, nicknaming,

Etymology
From βαπτισμός:, from βαπτίζω:.

Derived terms

 * baptismal
 * baptism of fire, baptism by fire

Related terms

 * baptise, baptize
 * baptistery, baptistry
 * baptist, Baptist
 * baptiser, baptizer
 * baptisand, baptizand

Translations

 * Azeri:
 * Bulgarian: кръщение
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 * Croatian: ,
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 * Ancient:
 * Modern: (sacrament), βαφτίσια (ceremony)
 * Hebrew: הטבלה (טקס נוצרי


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 * Macedonian: крштевање
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 * Portuguese: batismo, baptismo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: крещение
 * Scottish Gaelic: baisteadh
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