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English
Etymology
From re- + baptise + -ation.
Noun
rebaptisation (countable and uncountable, plural rebaptisations)
- (obsolete) A second baptism.
1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J S, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, , London: Will Stansby , published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):And where true baptisme was not before given, the case of rebaptisation is cleare.
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