Affusion

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head wordnet
  3. 3
    A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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aspergationaspersionbaptismbaptismal gownbaptismal regenerationbaptistery

Etymology

From Latin affusio, from Latin affundō (“to pour or sprinkle onto”), from Latin fundō (“to pour”), from Proto-Italic *hundō (“to pour out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

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