baptism
Meanings
Plural: baptisms
Noun
- a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
- "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
- 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.
- A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 13
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Words With Friends Score: 16
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