Need another word that means the same as “baptism”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “baptism” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Baptism” are: christening, naming, immersion, sprinkling, initiation, debut, introduction, inauguration, launch, beginning, rite of passage
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “baptism” as a noun can have the following definitions:
beginning | The first part or earliest stage of something. He left at the beginning of February. |
christening | A Christian ceremony at which a baby is christened; a baptism. A christening robe. |
debut | The first appearance of a debutante in society. The film marked his debut as a director. |
immersion | The disappearance of a celestial body in the shadow of or behind another. An immersion school. |
inauguration | The formal admission of someone to office. The inauguration of an independent prosecution service. |
initiation | The action of admitting someone into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual. She looked forward to her initiation as an adult. |
introduction | The action of introducing something. He returned to his desk leaving Michael to make the introductions. |
launch | An act or instance of launching something. The launch of a new campaign against drinking and driving. |
naming | The verbal act of naming. The part he failed was the naming of state capitals. |
rite of passage | An established ceremony prescribed by a religion. |
sprinkling | The act of sprinkling water in baptism rare. A sprinkling ofgrey in his hair. |
blessed | Roman Catholic proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration. He felt blessed fortunate to be in her company. |
christen | Give (a baby) a Christian name at baptism as a sign of admission to a Christian Church. He bought a new pair of boots and christened them with his first goal at the McAlpine Stadium. |
christianity | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |
church | Take a woman who has recently given birth to church for a service of thanksgiving. Don t be late for church. |
clergy | In Christianity clergymen collectively as distinguished from the laity. All marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy. |
congregation | A group of communities within a religious order sharing particular historical or regional links. Drought conditions lead to the congregation of animals around watering points. |
deist | A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it. |
devout | Deeply religious H.L.Mencken. Devout wishes for their success. |
ecclesiastic | A clergyman or other person in religious orders. Ecclesiastic history. |
faith | Complete confidence in a person or plan etc. Keep the faith. |
godly | Emanating from God. Leading a godly life. |
hallowed | Made holy; consecrated. The band will be in some hallowed and historic surroundings. |
holy | Used in exclamations of surprise or dismay. I do not lead a holy life. |
liturgy | A religious service conducted according to a liturgy. A tradition which found its expression in ritual and liturgy. |
martyrdom | Death that is imposed because of the person’s adherence of a religious faith or cause. The martyrdom of St Anthony. |
mormon | Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon Church. |
ordination | A statistical technique in which data from a large number of sites or populations are represented as points in a multidimensional space. They travel to Exeter for an ordination. |
pilgrimage | Go on a pilgrimage. Thousands pilgrimage there every year. |
pious | Making or constituting a hypocritical display of virtue. His pious platitudes. |
priest | Ordain to the priesthood. The plays were performed within the sacred area of Dionysus in the presence of his priest. |
proselyte | A Gentile who has converted to Judaism. |
religious | A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience. Religious texts. |
rite | A body of customary observances characteristic of a Church or a part of it. The rite of communion. |
sacrament | (in Roman Catholic use) the consecrated elements of the Eucharist, especially the bread or Host. They used peyote as a sacrament. |
sacred | Concerned with religion or religious purposes. Sacred texts. |
saint | Used in titles of religious saints. She s a saint to go on living with that man. |
saintly | Very holy or virtuous. A saintly concern for his fellow men. |
salvation | Saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation. The Christian gospel of salvation for all mankind. |
shrine | Enclose in a shrine. A Hindu shrine at which offerings are placed twice a day. |
synod | A Presbyterian ecclesiastical court above the presbyteries and subject to the General Assembly. The deanery synod. |
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