bapteme

• bapteeme, baptem, baptesme, baptim, baptisme, baptym
• baptise, baptyste, baptist, baptis, baptize (rare poetic variants)

Borrowed from Old French bapteme, baptesme, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptisma, Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma, “dipping, baptism”), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I dip in liquid”).

• IPA^(key): /bapˈtɛːm(ə)/, /bapˈteːm(ə)/, /ˈbaptim(ə)/

bapteme

1. The practice of baptism (Christian sacrament involving dipping or sprinkling with water)

   Synonyms: baptisynge, fulloght

2. (figurative) Belief in the tenets of Christianity.
3. (biblical) The water that came from Jesus after being stabbed during his crucifixion.
4. (rare) A similar religious ceremony or practice (often involving water)

• baptisen
• baptiste
• baptisterie
• baptisynge

• English: baptism (< baptisme)
• Scots: bapteesm (< baptisme)

• “baptēme, -esme, -isme, -īme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.
• “baptī̆s(t, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.