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Goddaughter :: Goddaughter (n.) A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.

Affusion :: Affusion (n.) The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism..

Tridacna :: Tridacna (n.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell..

Insufflation :: Insufflation (n.) The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life.

Rebaptism :: Rebaptism (n.) A second baptism.

Godson :: Godson (n.) A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.

Metastasis :: Metastasis (n.) A spiritual change, as during baptism..

Baptistry :: Baptistry (n.) A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services.

Baptization :: Baptization (n.) Baptism.

Baptize :: Baptize (v. t.) To administer the sacrament of baptism to.

Clinic :: Clinic (n.) One who receives baptism on a sick bed.

Trisacramentarian :: Trisacramentarian (n.) One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament..

Christendom :: Christendom (n.) The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation..

Pedobaptist :: Pedobaptist (n.) One who advocates or practices infant baptism.

Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament..

Chrism :: Chrism (n.) Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc..

Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it.

Confirmation :: Confirmation (n.) A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc..

Spnsorial :: Sponsor (n.) One who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother..

Ceremony :: Ceremony (n.) Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies..

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