BAPTISM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
   Usage Example(s)
   • most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism
   Hypernyms(s) baptism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sacrament (what does sacrament mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • affusion (what does affusion mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • sprinkling (what does sprinkling mean?)
   • christening (what does christening mean?)
   • immersion (what does immersion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • baptize (what does baptize mean?)
   • baptise (what does baptise mean?)
   • christen (what does christen mean?)
   • baptize (what does baptize mean?)
   • baptise (what does baptise mean?)
   • christen (what does christen mean?)