Synonyms for baptism

Synonyms for (noun) baptism

Synonyms: baptism

Definition: a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

Usage: most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism

Similar words: sacrament

Definition: a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction


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