baptism
nounEtymology
From Middle English bapteme, baptesme, from Old French batesme or bapteme, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma, “dipping, baptism”), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I dip in liquid”). Displaced native Old English fulwiht.
Definitions
A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name,…
A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
- The child’s baptism was held at the old church.
- The ceremony of baptism symbolizes spiritual rebirth.
A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.
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The Baptist faith
The Baptist faith; the Baptist denominations of Christianity.
The neighborhood
- antonymde-baptism
- antonymdebaptism
- neighboranabaptise
- neighboranabaptize
- neighboranabaptist
- neighboranabaptistical
- neighboranabaptistically
- neighboranabaptistic
- neighboranti-paedobaptist
- neighboranti-pædobaptist
- neighboranti-pedobaptist
- neighborantipaedobaptist
- neighborantipædobaptist
- neighborantipedobaptist
Derived
adult baptism, affusion baptism, baptism by affusion, anabaptism, antibaptism, aspersion baptism, baptism by aspersion, baptismal, baptismally, baptism by immersing, baptism by pouring, baptism by sprinkling, baptism by submerging, baptism for the dead, baptism by proxy, baptism of blood, baptism of desire, baptism of fire, baptism by fire, fire baptism, baptism of the Holy Spirit, baptism in the Holy Spirit, baptism with the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit baptism, believer's baptism, believers' baptism, believers baptism, blood baptism, Catabaptism, conditional baptism, credobaptism, credo-baptism, debaptism, half-baptism, hypothetical baptism, immersion baptism, baptism by immersion, infant baptism, infantile baptism, paedobaptism · +14 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at baptism. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at baptism. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at baptism
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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