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Definitions of baptism in various dictionaries:
noun - a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
A religious sacrament marked by the symbolic use of water and resulting in admission of the recipient into the community of Christians.
A ceremony, a trial, or an experience by which one is initiated, purified, or given a name.
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| The name given to a child at this sacrament is traditionally that of a saint |
| One of these can be "of fire" or by immersion in water during a religious rite |
| Jesus was still dripping from this event when a voice from heaven called him "my beloved Son" |
| This ceremony can be conducted by pouring, sprinkling or immersion |
| Some reformers insisted that this initiatory rite be performed not on infants but on adults who had made a choice |
| In subduing the Saxons, Charlemagne executed those who refused this Christian rite |
| Epiphany also celebrates this ceremony performed for the baby Jesus |
| It was near where the Jordan River flows into the Dead Sea that Jesus underwent this ceremony in Matthew 3 |
| Members of the Church of the Brethren are known as dunkers because of their ceremony for this |
| Performed to make you part of the Mormon Church, it needs a body of water large enough for total immersion |
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| the Christian religious rite of sprinkling water on to a person's forehead or of immersing them in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church. In many denominations, baptism is performed on young children and is accompanied by name-giving. |
| a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth |
| The Christian religious rite of sprinkling water on to a person's forehead or of immersing them in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church. In many denominations, baptism is performed on young children and is accompanied by name-giving. |
| A religious sacrament marked by the symbolic application of water to the head or immersion of the body into water and resulting in admission of the recipient into the community of Christians. |
| A ceremony, trial, or experience by which one is initiated, purified, or given a name. |
| a Christian ceremony in which a person has water poured on their head, or is covered for a very short time in water, in order to show that that person has become a member of the Christian Church: |
| a Christian ceremony in which water is poured over someones head or the person is briefly covered completely by water, and is named as a Christian: |
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Baptism (from the Greek noun baptisma; see below) is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into Christianity. The canonical Gospels report that Jesus was baptized. Baptism has been called a holy sacrament and an ordinance of Jesus Christ. In some denominations, baptism is also called christening, but for others the word "christening" is reserved for the baptism of infants. Baptism has also given its name to the Baptist churches and denominations. * The usual form of baptism among the earliest Christians was for the candidate to be immersed, either totally (submerged completely under the water) or partially (standing or kneeling in water while water was poured on him or her). While John the Baptist's use of a deep river for his baptism suggests immersion, "The fact that he chose a permanent and deep river suggests that more than a token quantity of water was needed, and both the preposition 'in' (the Jordan) and the basic meaning of the |
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