What does baptismal mean?
Definitions for baptismal
bap·tismal
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Princeton's WordNet
baptismaladjective
of or relating to baptism
"baptismal font"
Wiktionary
baptismaladjective
relating to baptism
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Baptismaladjective
Of or pertaining to baptism.
Etymology: from baptism.
When we undertake the baptismal vow, and enter on their new life, it would be apt to discourage us. Henry Hammond.
ChatGPT
baptismal
Baptismal refers to anything related to baptism, a Christian sacrament of initiation and adoption, involving washing with water either by immersion, pouring, or sprinkling, often performed on infants or new converts as a sign of purification, redemption, and admission into the Christian Church. It can also refer to objects or places associated with the baptism ceremony, like the baptismal font, where the holy water for baptism is contained.
Webster Dictionary
Baptismaladjective
pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of baptismal in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of baptismal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of baptismal in a Sentence
It’s difficult to know what the pool was used for – whether for irrigation, washing, landscaping or perhaps as part of baptismal ceremonies at the site.
If we interact with people with the sole expectation that they soon will don a white jumpsuit and ask for directions to the nearest baptismal font, were doing it wrong, some who come and see will, perhaps, never join the church; some will at a later time. That is their choice. But that doesnt change our love for them.
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- baptismalCatalan, Valencian
- TaufeGerman
- bautismalSpanish
- baptismalFrench
- batismalPortuguese
- botezRomanian
- ХрещенняUkrainian
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