paedobaptism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /piːdəʊˈbaptɪz(ə)m/ (UK)
Etymology
From paedo- + baptism.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The baptism of infants or young children.
It is not, however, to the predecessors of this African, whoever they were that authorized Pædo-baptism, and at whatever period it first became general—it is not to the Church at the time being, that these consequences are justly imputable.
1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Aphorisms on that which is indeed Spiritual Religion”, in Aids to Reflection:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pedobaptism | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pedo-baptism | alternative | lexicographic | |
| paedobaptisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pædo-baptism | alternative | lexicographic | |
| paedo-baptism | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pædobaptism | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
baptism · baptize · baptise · Anabaptist · paedobaptist · believer’s baptism · pedobaptist · Anabaptism · baptiser · credobaptist · baptizer · baptistic · baptist · Baptist · credobaptism · baptismal · baptistry
Synonyms
Translations (10)
de Kindertaufe (baptism of infants or young children) · fi lapsikaste (baptism of infants or young children) · de Kleinkindstaufe (baptism of infants or young children) · de Kleinkindtaufe (baptism of infants or young children) · pt pedobatismo (baptism of infants or young children) · el νηπιοβάπτισμα (baptism of infants or young children) · de Säuglingstaufe (baptism of infants or young children) · pl chrzest młodego dziecka (baptism of infants or young children) · de Kindstaufe (baptism of infants or young children) · de Kindtaufe (baptism of infants or young children)