മാമോദീസ

Malayalam

Alternative forms

  • മാമ്മോദീസ (māmmōdīsa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ (maʿmōdīṯā, “washing, baptism”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːmoːd̪iːsɐ/

Noun

മാമോദീസ • (māmōdīsa)

  1. (Christianity) baptism, the Christian sacrament of initiation, in which the candidate is anointed with or immersed in water
    Synonyms: ജ്ഞാനസ്നാനം (jñānasnānaṁ), കുട്ടിമാർഗ്ഗം (kuṭṭimāṟggaṁ)

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