Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to baptism: as, “the baptismal vow,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to baptism.
- adjective the Christian name, which is given at baptism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective relating to
baptism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to baptism
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Examples
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It enabled both an entry into the Christian faith and a healing of the spiritual wound of original sin, both actions being necessary for access to heaven. 3 However, the baptism of children effected major changes in baptismal practice and theology.
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Note 54: Anglican parish records for Ferryland district, extant from 1823 onwards, registered the occupations of fathers in baptismal entries until the incoming minister in 1855 stopped recording this information.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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Somehow, we maintain when they call the baptismal party up to the font, repeat a flurry of meaningless words.
Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy Ellen Hopkins 2004
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Somehow, we maintain when they call the baptismal party up to the font, repeat a flurry of meaningless words.
Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy Ellen Hopkins 2004
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Somehow, we maintain when they call the baptismal party up to the font, repeat a flurry of meaningless words.
Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy Ellen Hopkins 2004
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(exception is occasionally made in favour of a cathedral or a mother-church; hence in the Middle Ages parish churches were often called baptismal churches), a confessional, and a cemetery.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Non-violent action was called a baptismal service.
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Non-violent action was called a baptismal service.
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Non-violent action was called a baptismal service.
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Non-violent action was called a baptismal service.
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