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Pronunciation
Adjective
baptisma (accusative singular baptisman, plural baptismaj, accusative plural baptismajn)
- (Christianity) Baptist
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).
Pronunciation
Noun
baptisma n (genitive baptismatis); third declension
- ablution; a dipping or washing in water
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) baptism
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) The Flood as mentioned in Genesis
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
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References
- “baptisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- baptisma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.