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rebaptism

noun

Etymology

From re- + baptism.

  1. derived from βάπτισμα
  2. derived from baptisma
  3. derived from batesme
  4. inherited from bapteme
  5. prefixed as rebaptism — “re + baptism”

Definitions

  1. A second or subsequent baptism

    A second or subsequent baptism; the act or ceremony of rebaptizing.

    • “It’s the easiest way to know that I have shared beliefs with people,” said Ms. Mills, 20, who received her cross necklace as a gift to celebrate her rebaptism last year.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rebaptism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA