baptism

bap·tism

noun
\ˈbap-ˌti-zəm, especially Southern ˈbab-\

Definition of BAPTISM

1

a : a Christian sacrament marked by ritual use of water and admitting the recipient to the Christian community b : a non-Christian rite using water for ritual purification c Christian Science : purification by or submergence in Spirit

2

: an act, experience, or ordeal by which one is purified, sanctified, initiated, or named

— bap·tis·mal \bap-ˈtiz-məl, especially Southern bab-\ adjective

— bap·tis·mal·ly \-mə-lē\ adverb

Examples of BAPTISM

1. There were over 100 baptisms at our church last year.
2. He received the sacrament of baptism as an infant.

Origin of BAPTISM

Middle English baptisme

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to BAPTISM

Synonyms: installation, inaugural, inauguration, induction, initiation, installment (also instalment), investiture, investment

Related Words: enlistment, enrollment (also enrolment); promotion

Near Antonyms: discharge, removal

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Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

Rhymes with BAPTISM

abysm, ageism, autism, baalism, Birchism, bossism, bruxism, Buddhism, casteism, centrism, charism, Chartism, classism, cubism, cultism, czarism, deism, dwarfism, faddism, fauvism, Gaullism, Grecism, Hobbism, holism, Jainism, Klanism, leftism, lyrism, Mahdism, Maoism, Marxism, monism, mutism, Nazism, nudism, Orphism, priggism, purism, Ramism, rightism, sadism, Saivism, sapphism, Scotism, sexism, Shaktism, Shiism, Sikhism, simplism, snobbism, sophism, statism, Sufism, tachism, Tantrism, Taoism, theism, Thomism, tourism, tropism, truism, Turkism, verism, Whiggism, Yahwism