baptization
English
Etymology
From Middle English baptizacion, from Latin baptizātiō.[1] By surface analysis, baptize + -ation.
Noun
baptization (countable and uncountable, plural baptizations)
- (obsolete) Baptism.
- 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:
- 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.