baptism

baptism
n
1. christening, pedobaptism, baptize-ment, liturgy, Eccles. sacrament; sprinkling, besprinkling, holy water sprinkle, morning star, aspersion, aspersing, Rom. Cath. Ch.Asperges, affusion; an-nointing, Eccles. chrism; immersion, submergence, dunking, Archaic. dipping; laying on of the hands, Obs. imposing; ablution, lustration, lustrating, cleansing, purification, purifying, decontamination, decontaminating.
2. ceremony, rite, ritual; anointment, anointing, dedication, dedicating, consecration, consecrating; initiation, initiating, (of a ship) launching, inauguration, commencement, beginning; naming, titling, entitling, entitlement, appellation, designating, designation, denominating, denomination, Archaic. nominating.

A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Baptism — • One of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the first sacrament , the door of the sacraments , and the door of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baptism     Baptism …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • baptism — BAPTÍSM s.n. Doctrină şi sectă creştină protestantă care consideră că botezul trebuie să fie acordat numai adulţilor creştini ce se căiesc de păcatul originar. – Din fr. baptisme. Trimis de paula, 17.03.2002. Sursa: DEX 98  baptísm s. n. Trimis… …   Dicționar Român

  • Baptism — Baptism: Baptism  альбом словенской индастриал группы «Laibach» Baptism  альбом Ленни Кравица См. такде Баптизм …   Википедия

  • baptism — c.1300, bapteme, from O.Fr. batesme, bapteme (11c., Mod.Fr. baptême), from L. baptismus, from Gk. baptismos, noun of action from baptizein (see BAPTIZE (Cf. baptize)). The s restored in later 14c. Figurative sense is from late 14c. The Anglo… …   Etymology dictionary

  • baptism — ► NOUN ▪ the Christian rite of sprinkling a person with water or immersing them in it, symbolizing purification and admission to the Christian Church. ● baptism of fire Cf. ↑baptism of fire DERIVATIVES baptismal adjective. ORIGIN from Greek… …   English terms dictionary

  • baptism — [bap′tiz΄əm] n. [ME & OFr baptesme < LL(Ec) baptisma, Christian baptism < L, a dipping under < Gr < baptizein: see BAPTIZE] 1. a baptizing or being baptized; specif., the ceremony or sacrament of admitting a person into Christianity… …   English World dictionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • baptism — index call (title) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • baptism — [n] church rite; initiation ablution, baptismal, christening, debut, dedication, dunking, immersion, introduction, launching, lustration, purgation, purge, purification, rite of passage, ritual, sanctification, sprinkling; concepts 367,377 …   New thesaurus

  • Baptism — This article is about the Christian religious ceremony. For other uses, see Baptism (disambiguation). Baptism of Neophytes by Masaccio, 15th century, Brancacci Chapel, Florence.[ …   Wikipedia

  • baptism —    At the time of the Reformation, the sacraments, those ceremonial acts that dramatized biblical events even as they served as a sign of God s presence, became a key issue between Roman Catholics and Protestants and among Protestants themselves …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”