baptisms
Meaning of baptisms
noun
- the Christian religious rite of sprinkling water on to a person's forehead or of immersing them in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church. In many denominations, baptism is performed on young children and is accompanied by name-giving.
the sacrament of baptism
Middle English: from Old French baptesme, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek baptismos ‘ceremonial washing’, from baptizein ‘immerse, baptize’.
Information about baptisms
- It is a name.
- The singular form of baptisms is: baptism.
- Languages in which baptisms is used:
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Hyphenation of baptisms
bap-tisms
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- baptisms is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
baptisms synonyms
Meaning a Christian ceremony at which a baby is christened; a baptism:
Meaning give a name to:
Meaning the action of immersing someone or something in a liquid:
Meaning a small thinly distributed amount of something:
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