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baptisms

baptisms is the plural of baptism.

Meaning of baptism

Noun

baptism (countable and uncountable, plural baptisms)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    christening
  2. A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
  3. The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.

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Phrases with baptisms

Questions about baptisms

What is baptisms the plural of?
Baptisms is the plural of baptism.

Words near baptisms in the dictionary

  1. baptismal fonts
  2. baptismal name
  3. baptismal names
  4. baptismally
  5. baptismals
  6. baptisms
  7. baptisms by fire
  8. baptisms of blood
  9. baptisms of fire
  10. baptist
  11. Baptist cakes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baptisms (page history and authors); baptism (page history and authors). 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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