baptismaladj.
/bapˈtɪzməl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with baptism.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [adjective]
baptismal1641
baptistical1658
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 175 His Baptismall Laver [was] awaited by a Dove.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 293 This Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 106 Thy Mercy I invoke, For my Baptismal Vow so often broke.
2. elliptical. = baptismal name n. at Compounds.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > first name > Christian name
christen namec1330
Christian name1542
font-name1652
given name1827
baptismal name1869
baptismal1872
1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 120 Mr. Andrew Theophilus Smith, or some such unlikely pair of baptismals.
Compounds
baptismal name n. the personal or ‘Christian’ name given at baptism.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > first name > Christian name
christen namec1330
Christian name1542
font-name1652
given name1827
baptismal name1869
baptismal1872
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 138 Geoffrey also changed his baptismal name.
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