baptismal

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Adjective

baptismal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to baptism.
2. Of a name, conferred at baptism.

Translations

• French: baptismal
• Italian: battesimale
• Portuguese: batismal
• Spanish: bautismal

Noun

baptismal (plural baptismals)

1. A baptismal name: a name given at baptism.
   • 1872, Augustus De Morgan, A Budget of Paradoxes, p. 120:

     ...Mr. Andrew Theophilus Smith, or some such unlikely pair of baptismals...

2. A baptismal font: a large basin used for baptism.

   The baptismal is in the front of the sanctuary.

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