BAPTISM
\bˈaptɪzəm], \bˈaptɪzəm], \b_ˈa_p_t_ɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of BAPTISM
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The sacrament in which immersion or sprinkling with water symbolizes the washing away of sin, and which admits to membership in the Christian church; the act of sprinkling or immersing as a sacrament, or of being sprinkled or immersed; any experience by which one is cleansed spiritually, or any sanctifying ordeal; as, the adventurer here suffered his baptism of fire.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The initiatory rite or sacrament of the Christian Church, by solemn immersion in or sprinkling with water.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The initiatory sacrament of the Christian religion; the dipping among water, or sprinkling with water.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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