baptism

bap·tism  (bptzm)

n.

1. A religious sacrament marked by the symbolic use of water and resulting in admission of the recipient into the community of Christians.

2. A ceremony, trial, or experience by which one is initiated, purified, or given a name.

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[Middle English baptisme, from Old French, from Late Latin baptismus, from Greek baptismos, from baptizein, to baptize; see baptize.]

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bap·tismal adj.

bap·tismal·ly adv.

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baptism

Noun

a Christian religious rite in which a person is immersed in or sprinkled with water as a sign of being cleansed from sin and accepted as a member of the Church

baptismal adj

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Baptism

See also christianity; religion.

Abecedarian

a member of a 16th-century Anabaptist sect who refused to learn to read, arguing that the guidance of the Holy Spirit was sufficient for the understanding of the Bible.

Anabaptism

1. a belief in adult, as opposed to infant baptism.
2. membership in various Protestant sects advocating adult baptism. — Anabaptist, n., adj.

antipedobaptism, antipaedobaptism

the denial, on scriptural grounds, of the validity of infant baptism. — antipedobaptist, antipaedobaptist, n.

baptisaphily

an interest in collecting Christian baptismal names.

catabaptist

an opponent of baptism.

conditional baptism

Christian baptism administered when there is doubt whether a person has already been baptized or whether a former baptism is valid.

hemerobaptism

the practice of ancient Jewish and early Christian sects involving daily ceremonial baptisms or ablutions. — hemerobaptist, n.

holobaptism

a belief in baptism by immersion. Also called immersionism. — holobaptist, n.

palingenesis

a belief that baptism effects a new birth or regeneration. Also palingenesy. — palingenesist, n. — palingenesian, adj.

parabaptism

a baptism that is in some way irregular or unauthorized. — parabaptist, n.

pedobaptism, paedobaptism

the historic Christian practice of infant baptism. — pedobaptist, paedobaptist, n.

ubbenite

a member of a sect of Anabaptists founded in Germany in 1534 by Ubbe Phillips.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

baptism - a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism" sacrament - a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction affusion - the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head aspersion, sprinkling - the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) christening - giving a Christian name at baptism immersion - a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged

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baptism

noun 1. Christianity christening, sprinkling, purification, immersion

noun 2. initiation, beginning, debut, introduction, admission, dedication, inauguration, induction, inception, rite of passage, commencement, investiture, baptism of fire, instatement

Translations

baptism [ˈbæptɪzəm] n → bautismo;

(act) → bautizo

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baptism [ˈbæptɪzəm] n → baptême m

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baptism [ˈbæptɪzəm] n → Taufe f

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baptism [ˈbæptɪzəm] n → battesimo