| NOUN | act | baptism | a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth |
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| Sounds | bae'ptihzahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | A Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth. | |
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| Example | "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism" | |
| Narrower | affusion | The act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head |
| aspersion, sprinkling | The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) | |
| christening | Giving a Christian name at baptism | |
| immersion | A form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged | |
| Broader | sacrament | A formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it |
| Spanish | bautismo, bautizo | |
| Catalan | baptisme | |
| Adjectives | baptismal | of or relating to baptism |
| Nouns | Baptist | follower of Baptistic doctrines |
| Verbs | baptize, baptise | administer baptism to |
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