baptism
21baptism — noun (C, U) 1 a Christian religious ceremony in which someone is touched or covered with water to welcome them into the Christian faith, and sometimes to officially name them 2 baptism of fire a difficult or painful first experience of something …
22baptism — noun 1) the baptism ceremony Syn: christening, naming 2) his baptism as a politician Syn: initiation, debut, introduction, inauguration, launch, rite of passage …
23baptism — Also called christening, this is for most denominations an essential act; many theologians taught that infants dying *unbaptized could never enter Heaven a doctrine reflected in the unwillingness to give them proper burial. In popular belief… …
24baptism — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. immersion, dedication, Christening, ablution, initiation, lustration, ritual, rite, baptismal regeneration, rebirth, sprinkling, infant baptism, dunking*; see also sacrament 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. initiation,… …
25baptism — bap|tism [ bæp,tızəm ] noun count or uncount a ceremony in which someone is touched or covered with water to welcome them into the Christian religion a baptism of fire a very difficult first period in a new job, activity, or situation …
26baptism — [[t]bæ̱ptɪzəm[/t]] baptisms N VAR A baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is baptized. Compare christening …
27baptism — noun the Christian 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. Phrases baptism of fire a difficult introduction to a new job or… …
28Baptism — This word (from the Greek baptizein, meaning to immerse or to plunge ) refers to the sacrament that washes away both original sin and personal sin. Jesus, who was baptized by John the Baptist, instructed his disciples to preach theGospel and… …
29baptism — n. 1 a the religious rite, symbolizing admission to the Christian Church, of sprinkling the forehead with water, or (usu. only with adults) by immersion, generally accompanied by name giving. b the act of baptizing or being baptized. 2 an… …
30Baptism of desire — (Latin Baptismus Flaminis) is a teaching of the Roman Catholic Church explaining that those who desire baptism, but are not baptized with water through the Christian ritual, because of death, nevertheless bring about the fruits of Baptism, if… …
