baptism
English Thesaurus
1. a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | sacrament, |
| definition | : | a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | affusion, |
| definition | : | the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | aspersion, sprinkling, |
| definition | : | the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | christening, |
| definition | : | giving a Christian name at baptism (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | immersion, |
| definition | : | a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | baptist, |
| definition | : | follower of Baptistic doctrines (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | baptismal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to baptism (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | baptist, |
| definition | : | follower of Baptistic doctrines (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | baptismal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to baptism (adj.pert) |
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