释义 |
baptize or baptise /bap-tīzˈ/ transitive verb- To administer baptism to
- To christen, give a name to
- To name at launching and break a bottle of wine on the bow of (a ship)
ORIGIN: Gr baptizein, from baptein to dip baptˈism /-izm/ noun - Immersion in or sprinkling with water as a religious ceremony
- An experience regarded as initiating one into a society, group, etc
baptisˈmal adjective baptisˈmally adverb baptˈist noun - A person who baptizes
- (with cap) a member of a Christian sect which approves only of baptizing by immersion, and that only of persons who profess their faith in Christ
bapˈtistery or bapˈtistry noun - A place for administration of baptism, whether a separate building or part of a church
- A tank of water for baptisms in a Baptist church
baptismal name noun One given at baptism, a Christian name baptismal regeneration noun The doctrine of the remission of sin original and actual, and of the new birth into the life of sanctifying grace, in and through the sacrament of baptism baptism by desire noun The grace held to be given to a believer who ardently desires baptism, but dies before receiving it baptism for the dead noun The vicarious baptism of a living for an unbaptized dead Christian baptism of blood noun Martyrdom of the unbaptized Christian baptism of fire noun - The gift of the Holy Spirit
- Martyrdom by fire regarded as an equivalent to baptism
- Any trying ordeal, such as a first experience of being under fire
clinical baptism Baptism administered to the sick conditional (or hypothetical) baptism Baptism administered conditionally when it is doubtful whether the person was previously baptized validly or at all private baptism Baptism elsewhere than in church un- /un-/ prefix- (1) meaning ‘not’ (in many cases, the resultant word is more than a mere negation and has a positive force, as in unkind, which usu means ‘cruel’ rather than just ‘not kind’)
- (2) indicating a reversal of process, removal or deprivation
- (3) merely emphasizing reversal or deprivation already expressed by the simple word, as in unbare or unloose
- Sometimes (in Shakespeare and Milton) added to a present participle with a passive meaning. The meaning is often ambiguous, esp in participial adjectives
ORIGIN: Partly OE un-, negative; cf Ger un-, L in-, Gr an- or a-; partly OE on- (or un-), the unstressed form of and-; cf Ger ent-, Gr anti against un- /un-/ prefix- (1) meaning ‘not’ (in many cases, the resultant word is more than a mere negation and has a positive force, as in unkind, which usu means ‘cruel’ rather than just ‘not kind’)
- (2) indicating a reversal of process, removal or deprivation
- (3) merely emphasizing reversal or deprivation already expressed by the simple word, as in unbare or unloose
- Sometimes (in Shakespeare and Milton) added to a present participle with a passive meaning. The meaning is often ambiguous, esp in participial adjectives
ORIGIN: Partly OE un-, negative; cf Ger un-, L in-, Gr an- or a-; partly OE on- (or un-), the unstressed form of and-; cf Ger ent-, Gr anti against Many words formed from the root with this prefix (too many to list in one entry). |