baptismal

English

Etymology

baptism +‎ -al

Adjective

baptismal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to baptism

Translations

relating to baptism

• Asturian: bautismal
• Catalan: baptismal
• Esperanto: bapta
• French: baptismal (fr)
• Galician: bautismal
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• Interlingue:
• Italian: battesimale
• Portuguese: batismal (pt)
• Spanish: bautismal (es)

Noun

baptismal (plural baptismals)

1. A baptismal name: a name given at baptism.
   • 1872, Augustus De Morgan, A Budget of Paradoxes, p. 120:

     ...Mr. Andrew Theophilus Smith, or some such unlikely pair of baptismals...

2. A baptismal font: a large basin used for baptism.

   The baptismal is in the front of the sanctuary.

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Catalan

Adjective

baptismal m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptismals)

1. baptismal

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French

Adjective

baptismal (feminine baptismale, masculine plural baptismaux, feminine plural baptismales)

1. baptismal

Further reading

• “baptismal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.