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Translations baptismal [bæpˈtɪzməl] adj (font, ceremony) → battesimale; (robes) → da battesimo baptismal [bæpˈtɪzməl] adj (font, ceremony) → battesimale; (robes) → da battesimo How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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deliriously howled Ahab, as the malignant iron scorchingly devoured the baptismal blood. (so gray tradition tells) were once the resort of the Power of Evil and his plighted subjects; and here, at midnight or on the dim verge of evening, they were said to stand round the mantling pool, disturbing its putrid waters in the performance of an impious baptismal rite. We have already mentioned the baptismal name of this ancient chief; but in his conversation with Natty, held in the language of the Delawares, he was heard uniformly to call himself Chingachgook, which, interpreted, means the “Great Snake. |
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