baptism
/ˈbæptɪzəm/
baptism noun: 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.
Noun
baptism (countable and uncountable, plural baptisms)
- 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.
- The child’s baptism was held at the old church.
- The ceremony of baptism symbolizes spiritual rebirth.
- Synonyms:
- christening
- A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
- The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.
Proper noun capitalized: Baptism
Baptism
- The Baptist faith; the Baptist denominations of Christianity.
- Whereas Landon Carter was disgusted with his overseer's proselytizing in 1776, his nephew Robert, who originally shared his skepticism, saw the light in 1778, converted to Baptism himself, and spent much of the next decade encouraging his slaves to follow suit — much to the annoyance of several of...2009, Peter Kolchin, Unfree Labor, page 220
baptism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
baptism in Hindi
- Christian sacrament
- बपतिस्मा baptismā, बाप्तिस्मा bāptismā
baptism in Tamil
- திருமுழுக்கு, தீக்சை, ஞானஸ்நானம், மெய்யுணர்பு நீராட்டுச் சடங்கு, பெயரீட்டு விழா, திருக்கோயில் சமய நுழைவுச் சடங்கு
baptism in Marathi
- Christian sacrament
- बाप्तिस्मा bāptismā
baptism in Urdu
- Christian sacrament
- اصطباغ istibāġ, بپتسمہ baptisma
More languagesFewer languages
- baptism in Bengali
- বাপ্তিস্ম baptismo
- baptism in Telugu
- బాప్టిజం, బాప్తిస్మం, బాప్తిస్మము
- baptism in Malayalam
- മാമോദീസ māmōdīsa
- baptism in Kannada
- ದೀಕ್ಷಾಸ್ನಾನ, ಜ್ಞಾನಸ್ನಾನ
- baptism in Punjabi
- ਬਪਤਸਮਾ baptasamā
- baptism in Gujarati
- બાપ્તિસ્મા bāptismā, બેપ્ટિઝમ bepṭijham
- baptism in Odia
- ବାପ୍ତିସ୍ମ, ବାପ୍ତିସ୍ମ ଗ୍ରହଣ, ବାପ୍ତିସ୍ମ ନେବା
- baptism in Nepali
- बप्तिस्मा, बाप्तिस्मा, बाप्तिस्म
- baptism in Tagalog
- binyag, pagbibinyag
- baptism in Arabic
- مَعْمُودِيَّة maʕmūdiyya, تَعْمِيد taʕmīd
- baptism in Malay
- baptis
- baptism in Indonesian
- baptis
- baptism in Persian
- غسل تعمید ġosl-e ta'mid
- baptism in Thai
- บัพติศมา, พิธีจุ่มน้ำ
- baptism in Vietnamese
- lể rữa tội
- baptism in Myanmar
- ဗတ္တိဇံ batti.jam
Examples of baptism in a sentence
- The Church opposed burning people who had received the myron of chrismation in the baptism ritual.
- The new folks really get put through a baptism by fire, to start doing a stressful job with so little training.
- Having to deal with a bomb scare on his first day was a real baptism of fire for John.
Synonyms of baptism
Antonyms
- de-baptism
- debaptism
Forms of baptism
| plural | baptisms |
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Origin of baptism
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.
Words formed from baptism
- adult baptism
- affusion baptism
- baptism by affusion
- anabaptism
- antibaptism
- aspersion baptism
- baptism by aspersion
- baptismal
- baptismally
- baptism by immersing
- baptism by pouring
- baptism by sprinkling
- baptism by submerging
- baptism for the dead
- baptism by proxy
- baptism of blood
- baptism of desire
- baptism of fire
- baptism by fire
- fire baptism
- baptism of the Holy Spirit
- baptism in the Holy Spirit
- baptism with the Holy Spirit
- Holy Spirit baptism
- believer's baptism
- believers' baptism
- believers baptism
- blood baptism
- Catabaptism
- conditional baptism
- credobaptism
- credo-baptism
- debaptism
- half-baptism
- hypothetical baptism
- immersion baptism
- baptism by immersion
- infant baptism
- infantile baptism
- paedobaptism
- pædobaptism
- pedobaptism
- paedo-baptism
- pædo-baptism
- pedo-baptism
- prebaptism
- rebaptism
- re-baptism
- se-baptism
- submersion baptism
- baptism by submersion
- unbaptism
- vicarious baptism
- water baptism
Questions about baptism
- What does baptism mean?
- Baptism means 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.
- What is baptism in Hindi?
- Baptism in Hindi is बपतिस्मा (baptismā), बाप्तिस्मा (bāptismā). See Baptism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is baptism?
- Baptism can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce baptism?
- Baptism is pronounced /ˈbæptɪzəm/.
- What is the plural of baptism?
- The plural of baptism is baptisms.
Words near baptism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: baptism (page history and authors); Baptism (page history and authors); baptism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বাপ্তিস্ম (Bengali) (page history and authors); baptism (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baptism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); બાપ્તિસ્મા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); baptism (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); baptism (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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