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baptistical

baptistical is the dated form of baptismal.

Meaning of baptismal

Adjective

baptismal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to baptism.
  2. Of a name, conferred at baptism.
    • The neophyte was given a new name in place of the baptismal one, usually of an evil and revolting character, and this was written in blood in the Devil's book, the covers of which were bound in the skin of unbaptised infants.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 107

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Forms of baptistical

comparativemore baptistical
superlativemost baptistical

Questions about baptistical

What is baptistical the dated form of?
Baptistical is the dated form of baptismal.

Words near baptistical in the dictionary

  1. Baptiste
  2. baptisteries
  3. baptistery
  4. Baptistes
  5. baptistic
  6. baptistical
  7. Baptistism
  8. baptistries
  9. baptistry
  10. baptists
  11. baptitoxine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baptistical (page history and authors); baptismal (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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