Baptists reject infant baptism.
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Baptism
//ˈbæptɪzəm//
Synonyms for "baptism" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
Related word relations
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1 entriesRelated terms
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54 entriesShowing 16 of 54 words.
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3 entriesrelated to
51 entriesShowing 16 of 51 words.
Translations
135 translations across 98 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pagëzim noun (Christian sacrament)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βαπτισμός noun (Christian sacrament)
Arabic
2 entries- تَعْمِيد noun (Christian sacrament)
- مَعْمُودِيَّة noun (Christian sacrament)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ noun (Christian sacrament)
Armenian
2 entries- կնունք noun (Christian sacrament)
- մկրտություն noun (Christian sacrament)
Aromanian
2 entries- pãtedz noun (Christian sacrament)
- pãtigiuni noun (Christian sacrament)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- vəftiz noun (Christian sacrament)
Belarusian
1 entries- хрышчэ́нне noun (Christian sacrament)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кръще́ние noun (Christian sacrament)
Burmese
1 entries- ဗတ္တိဇံ noun (Christian sacrament)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- battìsimu noun (Christian sacrament)
Catalan
1 entries- baptisme noun (Christian sacrament)
Central Melanau
1 entries- baptais noun (Christian sacrament)
Chichewa
1 entries- ubatizo noun (Christian sacrament)
Chinese
2 entries- 洗禮 /洗礼 noun (Christian sacrament)
- 浸禮 /浸礼 noun (Christian sacrament)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 洗禮 /洗礼 noun (Christian sacrament)
- 浸禮 /浸礼 noun (Christian sacrament)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 洗禮 /洗礼 noun (Christian sacrament)
- 浸禮 /浸礼 noun (Christian sacrament)
Czech
1 entries- křest noun (Christian sacrament)
Danish
1 entries- dåb noun (Christian sacrament)
Dutch
1 entries- doop noun (Christian sacrament)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- крешене noun (Christian sacrament)
Esperanto
1 entries- bapto noun (Christian sacrament)
Estonian
1 entries- ristimine noun (Christian sacrament)
Faroese
1 entries- dópur noun (Christian sacrament)
Finnish
1 entries- kaste noun (Christian sacrament)
French
1 entries- baptême noun (Christian sacrament)
Friulian
2 entries- batisim noun (Christian sacrament)
- bàtem noun (Christian sacrament)
Galician
1 entries- bautismo noun (Christian sacrament)
Gallurese
1 entries- battìsgimu noun (Christian sacrament)
Georgian
4 entries- ბაპტიზმი noun (Christian sacrament)
- მონათვლა noun (Christian sacrament)
- ნათვლა noun (Christian sacrament)
- ნათლობა noun (Christian sacrament)
German
1 entries- Taufe noun (Christian sacrament)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (Christian sacrament)
Greek
2 entries- βάπτισμα noun (Christian sacrament)
- βαφτίσια noun (Christian sacrament)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 洗禮 /洗礼 noun (Christian sacrament)
Hebrew
1 entries- טְבִילָה noun (Christian sacrament)
Hindi
2 entries- बपतिस्मा noun (Christian sacrament)
- बाप्तिस्मा noun (Christian sacrament)
Hungarian
4 entries- keresztelés noun (Christian sacrament)
- keresztelő noun (Christian sacrament)
- keresztség noun (Christian sacrament)
- megkeresztelés noun (Christian sacrament)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Daaf noun (Christian sacrament)
Iban
1 entries- baptisa noun (Christian sacrament)
Icelandic
1 entries- skírn noun (Christian sacrament)
Indonesian
1 entries- baptis noun (Christian sacrament)
Irish
1 entries- baisteadh noun (Christian sacrament)
Italian
1 entries- battesimo noun (Christian sacrament)
Japanese
1 entries- 洗礼 noun (Christian sacrament)
Kazakh
1 entries- шоқындыру noun (Christian sacrament)
Korean
2 entries- 세례 noun (Christian sacrament)
- 침례 noun (Christian sacrament)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- крещение noun (Christian sacrament)
- чокундуруу noun (Christian sacrament)
- чокунуу noun (Christian sacrament)
Lao
1 entries- ບັບຕິສະມາ noun (Christian sacrament)
Latvian
1 entries- kristības noun (Christian sacrament)
Lithuanian
1 entries- krikštas noun (Christian sacrament)
Luganda
1 entries- okubatiza noun (Christian sacrament)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Daf noun (Christian sacrament)
Macedonian
1 entries- крштевање noun (Christian sacrament)
Malay
1 entries- baptis noun (Christian sacrament)
Malayalam
1 entries- മാമോദീസ noun (Christian sacrament)
Maltese
1 entries- magħmudija noun (Christian sacrament)
Marathi
1 entries- बाप्तिस्मा noun (Christian sacrament)
Middle English
2 entries- bapteme noun (Christian sacrament)
- baptisynge noun (Christian sacrament)
Middle French
1 entries- baptesme noun (Christian sacrament)
Māori
1 entries- iriiringa noun (Christian sacrament)
Norman
1 entries- bâptême noun (Christian sacrament)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- dåp noun (Christian sacrament)
Old English
1 entries- fulwiht noun (Christian sacrament)
Old Polish
1 entries- krzest noun (Christian sacrament)
Oromo
1 entries- cuuphaa noun (Christian sacrament)
Persian
1 entries- غسل تعمید noun (Christian sacrament)
Polish
1 entries- chrzest noun (Christian sacrament)
Portuguese
2 entries- baptismo noun (Christian sacrament)
- batismo noun (Christian sacrament)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਬਪਤਸਮਾ noun (Christian sacrament)
Quechua
1 entries- uliyay noun (Christian sacrament)
Romanian
1 entries- botez noun (Christian sacrament)
Russian
2 entries- бапти́зм noun (Christian sacrament)
- креще́ние noun (Christian sacrament)
Sardinian
1 entries- battìsimu noun (Christian sacrament)
Sassarese
1 entries- battijiumu noun (Christian sacrament)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- baisteadh noun (Christian sacrament)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kršténje noun (Christian sacrament)
- kȑst noun (Christian sacrament)
- кр̏ст noun (Christian sacrament)
- крште́ње noun (Christian sacrament)
Shan
1 entries- ပပ်ႉတိၸမ်ႇ noun (Christian sacrament)
Sicilian
1 entries- vattiju noun (Christian sacrament)
Slovak
1 entries- krst noun (Christian sacrament)
Slovene
1 entries- krst noun (Christian sacrament)
Spanish
4 entries- baptismo name (Translations)
- baptismo noun (Christian sacrament)
- bautismo noun (Christian sacrament)
- bautizo noun (Christian sacrament)
Sudovian
1 entries- krikstīsinis noun (Christian sacrament)
Swahili
1 entries- ubatizo noun (Christian sacrament)
Swedish
1 entries- dop noun (Christian sacrament)
Tagalog
2 entries- binyag noun (Christian sacrament)
- pagbibinyag noun (Christian sacrament)
Tajik
2 entries- баптизм noun (Christian sacrament)
- ғусли таъмид noun (Christian sacrament)
Tatar
2 entries- чукындыру noun (Christian sacrament)
- чумылдыру noun (Christian sacrament)
Thai
2 entries- บัพติศมา noun (Christian sacrament)
- พิธีจุ่มน้ำ noun (Christian sacrament)
Turkish
1 entries- vaftiz noun (Christian sacrament)
Udi
1 entries- кӏунукӏ noun (Christian sacrament)
Ukrainian
2 entries- хреще́ння noun (Christian sacrament)
- христини noun (Christian sacrament)
Urdu
2 entries- اصطباغ noun (Christian sacrament)
- بپتسمہ noun (Christian sacrament)
Uyghur
1 entries- چوقۇندۇرۇش noun (Christian sacrament)
Uzbek
1 entries- choʻqintirish noun (Christian sacrament)
Venetan
4 entries- batizxo noun (Christian sacrament)
- batédo noun (Christian sacrament)
- batéxemo noun (Christian sacrament)
- batézxo noun (Christian sacrament)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lể rữa tội noun (Christian sacrament)
Volapük
2 entries- cilibluned noun (Christian sacrament)
- daülanibluned noun (Christian sacrament)
Welsh
1 entries- bedydd noun (Christian sacrament)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I have to go to my cousin's baptism.
Source: tatoeba (1331504)
Tom was at Mary's baptism.
Source: tatoeba (2644293)
The deluge was a notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.
Source: tatoeba (3149934)
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