BAPTISM Definition & Meaning

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baptism

[bap-tiz-uhm]

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noun

Ecclesiastical.��a ceremonial immersion in water, or application of water, as an initiatory rite or sacrament of the Christian church.
any similar ceremony or action of initiation, dedication, etc.
Synonyms: , ,
a trying or purifying experience or initiation.
Christian Science.��purification of thought and character.

baptism

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noun

a Christian religious rite consisting of immersion in or sprinkling with water as a sign that the subject is cleansed from sin and constituted as a member of the Church
the act of baptizing or of undergoing baptism
any similar experience of initiation, regeneration, or dedication

baptism

The ceremony of initiation into Christianity; in most Christian churches, it is considered a sacrament. Persons baptized either have water poured on them or are immersed in water; some groups of Christians (see also Christian) insist on immersion. The effect of baptism, in Christian belief, is to cleanse persons of their sins, so that they are born into a new life with Jesus. Most churches baptize members when they are infants, but some groups, like the Baptists, insist on adult baptism. Jesus himself was baptized. (See John the Baptist.)

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

baptismal adjective
baptismally adverb
postbaptismal adjective
pseudobaptismal adjective
rebaptism noun
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��ˈ�پ�� adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of baptism¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Late Latin baptisma, from Greek ��(í��𾱲�) “to immerse” ( baptize ) + -isma -ism; replacing Middle English bapteme, from Old French, from Late Latin, as above

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Most weekends their customers consist of churchgoers after service or a baptism.

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In the last six months, Father Moses has prepared 75 new followers for baptism in his church of the Mother of God, just north of Austin.

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Add playing in a position you have not started a game in for nearly two years and you understand the extent of Jamie Osborne's Test baptism.

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Nicky was charged with soaking the place of his baptism, the Windmill Chapel.

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Her essay takes us to Calvary Cemetery in East L.A., to La Placita in the 1880s and to the San Gabriel Mission for the first Catholic baptism of an Indigenous person.

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