'Baptism' definitions:
Definition of 'baptism'
(from WordNet)
noun
A Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
Definition of 'Baptism'
From: GCIDE
- Baptism \Bap"tism\, n. [OE. baptim, baptem, OF. baptesme, batisme, F. bapt[^e]me, L. baptisma, fr. Gr. ba`ptisma, fr. bapti`zein to baptize, fr. ba`ptein to dip in water, akin to baqy`s deep, Skr. g[=a]h to dip, bathe, v. i.] The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'baptism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- 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