Half-baptism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A short private baptism, formerly used where an infant was at risk of imminent death. countable, uncountable

    "Half-baptisms are not recorded, though some clergymen make memoranda of them."

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"Half-baptisms are not recorded, though some clergymen make memoranda of them."

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