baptization
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English
Etymology
From Middle English baptizacion, from Latin baptizātiō. By surface analysis, baptize + -ation.
Noun
baptization (countable and uncountable, plural baptizations)
- (obsolete) Baptism.
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- Their baptizations were null.
References
- “baptization”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “baptization, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
