baptismal
IPA: bæptˈɪzmʌɫ
noun
- A baptismal name: a name given at baptism.
- A baptismal font: a large basin used for baptism.
adjective
- Of or relating to baptism.
- Of a name, conferred at baptism.
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Examples of "baptismal" in Sentences
- Entwine the cold baptismal font.
- Directly behind the lectern is the baptismal font.
- Non-violent action was called a baptismal service.
- Somehow, we maintain when they call the baptismal party up to the font, repeat a flurry of meaningless words.
- (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.
- 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.
- 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.