baptisms

2 definitions • 2 examples

a Christian ceremony in which a person has water poured on their head, or is covered for a very short time in water, in order to show that that person has become a member of the Christian Church:

infant baptism

a Christian ceremony in which water is poured over someone’s head or the person is briefly covered completely by water, and is named as a Christian:

We’re hoping to be able to get to Pasadena for the baptism of our grandson.