baptism

baptism

English

An infant baptism.

Etymology

From Middle English bapteme, baptesme, from Old French batesme or bapteme, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma, “dipping, baptism”), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I dip in liquid”). Displaced native Old English fulwiht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæptɪzəm/

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Noun

baptism (countable and uncountable, plural baptisms)

1. A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
2. A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• adult baptism
• anabaptism, Anabaptism
• affusion baptism, baptism by affusion
• aspersion baptism, baptism by aspersion
• baptismal
• baptismally
• baptism by immersing (immersion baptism)
• baptism by pouring (affusion baptism)
• baptism by sprinkling (aspersion baptism)
• baptism by submerging (submersion baptism)
• baptism for the dead, baptism by proxy
• baptism of blood
• baptism of desire
• baptism of fire, baptism by fire, fire baptism
• baptism of the Holy Spirit, baptism in the Holy Spirit, baptism with the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit baptism
• believer's baptism, believers' baptism, believers baptism
• blood baptism
• conditional baptism
• credobaptism, credo-baptism
• half-baptism
• hypothetical baptism
• immersion baptism, baptism by immersion
• infant baptism
• infantile baptism
• paedobaptism, pædobaptism, pedobaptism
• paedo-baptism, pædo-baptism, pedo-baptism
• rebaptism, re-baptism
• submersion baptism, baptism by submersion
• vicarious baptism
• water baptism

Related terms

Related terms

• anabaptise, anabaptize
• anabaptist, Anabaptist
• anabaptistic, Anabaptistic
• anabaptistical, Anabaptistical
• anabaptistically, Anabaptistically
• antipaedobaptist, antipædobaptist, antipedobaptist
• anti-paedobaptist, anti-pædobaptist, anti-pedobaptist
• credobaptist, credo-baptist
• baptisand, baptizand
• baptisation, baptization
• baptise, baptize
• baptiser, baptizer
• baptising, baptizing
• baptist, Baptist
• baptistery, baptistry
• baptistic, Baptistic
• baptistical, Baptistical
• baptistically, Baptistically
• paedobaptist, pædobaptist, pedobaptist
• paedo-baptist, pædo-baptist, pedo-baptist
• rebaptisation, rebaptization
• re-baptisation, re-baptization
• rebaptise, rebaptize
• re-baptise, re-baptize
• rebaptising, rebaptizing
• re-baptising, re-baptizing

Translations

Christian sacrament

Albanian: pagëzim (sq) m Arabic: مَعْمُودِيَّة‎ f (maʿmūdiyya); تَعْمِيد‎ m (taʿmīd) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ‎ f (maʿmōḏīṯā) Armenian: մկրտություն (hy) (mkrtutʿyun), կնունք (hy) (knunkʿ) Aromanian: pãtigiuni f, pãtedz n Azerbaijani: vəftiz Belarusian: хрышчэ́нне n (xryščénnje) Bulgarian: кръще́ние n (krǎšténie) Burmese: ဗတ္တိဇံ (batti.jam) Catalan: baptisme (ca) m Central Melanau: baptais Chichewa: ubatizo Chinese: Cantonese: 洗禮, 洗礼 (sai2 lai5), 浸禮, 浸礼 (zam3 lai5) Hakka: 洗禮, 洗礼 (sé-lî) Mandarin: 洗禮／洗礼 (zh) (xǐlǐ), 浸禮／浸礼 (jìnlǐ) Min Nan: 洗禮 (zh-min-nan), 洗礼 (sé-lé, sóe-lé), 浸禮, 浸礼 (chìm-lé) Czech: křest (cs) m Danish: dåb (da) c Dutch: doop (nl) m Esperanto: bapto Estonian: ristimine Faroese: dópur m Finnish: kaste (fi) French: baptême (fr) m Middle French: baptesme m Friulian: batisim m, bàtem Galician: bautismo (gl) m Gallurese: battìsgimu Georgian: ბაპტიზმი (baṗṭizmi), ნათლობა (natloba), ნათვლა (natvla), მონათვლა (monatvla) German: Taufe (de) f Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (daupeins) Greek: βάπτισμα (el) n (váptisma) (sacrament), βαφτίσια (el) n pl (vaftísia) (ceremony) Ancient: βαπτισμός m (baptismós) Hebrew: טְבִילָה‎ Hindi: बपतिस्मा (hi) m (baptismā), बाप्तिस्मा m (bāptismā) Hungarian: (ceremony) keresztelő (hu), (sacrament) keresztség (hu), (the act itself) keresztelés (hu), megkeresztelés Hunsrik: Daaf f Iban: baptisa Icelandic: skírn f Indonesian: baptis (id) Irish: baisteadh m Italian: battesimo (it) m Japanese: 洗礼 (ja) (せんれい, senrei) Kazakh: шоқындыру (şoqyndyru) Korean: 세례(洗禮) (ko) (serye) Kyrgyz: чокундуруу (çokunduruu), чокунуу (çokunuu), крещение (kreşçeniye) Lao: ບັບຕິສະມາ (bap ti sa mā) Latvian: kristības m Lithuanian: krikštas m Luxembourgish: Daf f Macedonian: крштевање n (krštevanje) Malay: baptis Maltese: magħmudija f Maori: iriiringa Middle English: bapteme, baptisynge Norman: bâptême m Norwegian: Bokmål: dåp m Old English: fulwiht n Old Polish: krzest m Oromo: cuuphaa Persian: غسل تعمید‎ (fa) (ğosl-e ta'mid) Polish: chrzest (pl) m Portuguese: (Brazil) batismo (pt) m, (Portugal) baptismo (pt) m Quechua: uliyay Romanian: botez (ro) n Russian: креще́ние (ru) n (kreščénije) (ceremony), бапти́зм (ru) m (baptízm) (sacrament) Sardinian: Campidanese: battìsimu Logudorese: battìsimu Sassarese: battijiumu Scottish Gaelic: baisteadh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: крште́ње n, кр̏ст m Roman: kršténje (sh) n, kȑst (sh) m Shan: ပပ်ႉတိၸမ်ႇ (pâ̰p tǐ tsàm) Sicilian: battìu (scn) m, vattìu (scn), battizzu (scn) Slovak: krst (sk) m Slovene: krst (sl) m Spanish: bautismo (es), bautizo (es) m Sudovian: krikstīsinis m Swahili: ubatizo (sw) Swedish: dop (sv) n Tagalog: binyag, pagbibinyag Tajik: баптизм (baptizm), ғусли таъмид (ġusli taʾmid) Tatar: чумылдыру (çumıldıru), чукындыру (çuqındıru) Thai: บัพติศมา, พิธีจุ่มน้ำ Turkish: vaftiz (tr) Udi: кӏунукӏ (ḳunuḳ) Ukrainian: хреще́ння n (xreščénnja), христини (xrystyny) Urdu: بپتسمہ‎ m (baptismā), اصطباغ‎ m (istibāġ) Uyghur: چوقۇندۇرۇش‎ (choqundurush) Uzbek: choʻqintirish Venetian: batéxemo m, batédo, batézxo, batizxo Vietnamese: lể rữa tội Volapük: cilibluned, daülanibluned Welsh: bedydd Westrobothnian: døpels f

See also

• affusion
• aspersion
• dunking
• godchild
• goddaughter
• godfather
• godmother
• godparent
• godson
• immersing
• immersion
• pouring
• sprinkling
• submersion

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Romanian

Etymology

From French baptisme.

Noun

baptism n (uncountable)

1. a Baptist denomination

Declension

declension of baptism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) baptism	baptismul
genitive/dative	(unui) baptism	baptismului
vocative	baptismule