baptism

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Etymology

From Old French batesme or bapteme, from Ecclesiastical Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós, “dipping, baptism”), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I dip in liquid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæptɪzəm/

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Noun

baptism (plural baptisms)

1. The Bible Baptist Christian personal ordinance in which one is submerged in water.
2. The Christian sacrament in which one is anointed with or submerged in water and sometimes given a name.
3. A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.

Derived terms

• baptismal
• baptism of fire, baptism by fire

Related terms

• baptise, baptize
• baptistery, baptistry
• baptist, Baptist
• baptiser, baptizer
• baptisand, baptizand

Translations

Christian sacrament with water

• Armenian: մկրտություն (hy) (mkrtutʿyun) , կնունք (hy) (knunkʿ) 
• Azeri: vəftiz (az)
• Bulgarian: кръщение (bg) (krǎšténie) n 
• Catalan: baptisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗禮 (cmn), 洗礼 (cmn) (xǐlǐ)

• Czech: křest (cs) m
• Danish: dåb (da) c
• Dutch: doop (nl) m
• Esperanto: bapto (eo)
• Finnish: kaste (fi)
• French: baptême (fr) m
• German: Taufe (de) f, Kindertaufe (de) f, Kleinkindstaufe (de) f, Säuglingstaufe (de) f, Erwachsenentaufe (de) f, Gläubigentaufe (de) f, Mündigentaufe (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: βαπτισμός (baptismós) m

  Modern: βάπτισμα (el) (váptisma) n  (sacrament), βαφτίσια (el) (vaftísia) n pl  (ceremony)

• Hebrew: הטבלה (טקס נוצרי f
• Hungarian: keresztelő (hu)
• Italian: battesimo (it) m

• Japanese: 洗礼 (ja) (せんれい, senrei)
• Macedonian: крштевање (mk) (krštévanje) n
• Maori: iriiringa (mi)
• Norwegian: dåp (no) m
• Polish: chrzest (pl) m
• Portuguese: batismo (Brazil), baptismo (Portugal)
• Romanian: botez (ro) n
• Russian: крещение (ru) (kreščénije) n 
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: battìsimu

  Gallurese Sardinian: battìsgimu

  Logudorese Sardinian: battìsimu

• Sassarese Sardinian: battijiumu
• Scottish Gaelic: baisteadh m
• Serbo-Croatian: krštenje (sh) n, krst (sh) m
• Slovak: krst (sk) m
• Slovene: krst (sl) m
• Spanish: bautismo (es)
• Swedish: dop (sv) m
• Turkish: vaftiz (tr)
• Volapük: cilibluned (vo), daülanibluned (vo)

See also

• dunking
• godchild
• goddaughter
• godfather
• godmother
• godparent
• godson
• pedobaptism
• sprinkling

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