baptism

  • 81baptism of fire — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. a first or initial experience that proves to be an ordeal. The new recruits were sent immediately to the front, where they survived a baptism offire. SYN.: ordeal, trying experience, trial by fire,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 82baptism of blood — torture and execution martyrs who had not been baptized (they were considered as baptized in blood and this was considered as a full substitute for factual baptism) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 83baptism by fire — harsh introduction, rigorous initiation, hit the ground running    On my first day of football camp I had to tackle a 200 pound fullback charging straight at me. It was baptism by fire! …

    English idioms

  • 84Baptism of adults —  ; adult Baptism    Since the beginning of the Church, adults have been baptized. This is still the common practice both in mission countries and for people who have never been baptized. Adults preparing for the reception ofBaptism are called… …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 85baptism — noun Etymology: Middle English baptisme Date: 14th century 1. a. a Christian sacrament marked by ritual use of water and admitting the recipient to the Christian community b. a non Christian rite using water for ritual purification c …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 86baptism — noun a) The Christian sacrament in which one is anointed with or submerged in water and sometimes given a name. b) A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or …

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  • 87baptism — Synonyms and related words: acceptance, admission, admittance, affusion, appellation, aspergation, aspersion, baptismal gown, baptismal regeneration, baptistery, baptizement, bath, bathing, bedewing, burial, calling, chrismal, christening,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 88BAPTISM —    the Christian rite of initiation into the membership of the Church, identified by St. Paul (Rom. vi. 4) with that No to the world which precedes or rather accompanies Yea to God, but a misunderstanding of the nature of which has led to endless …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 89baptism — bap·tism || bæptɪzÉ™m n. ceremonial immersion into water, initiatory rite of the Christian Church; purification by submergence …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 90Baptism —    The initiation ceremony of the Church …

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