parabaptism
(pærəˈbæptɪz(ə)m)
[ad. late Gr. παραβάπτισµα irregular or spurious baptism, f. παρα- aside, amiss, wrong + βάπτισµα baptism.]
Uncanonical or unauthorized baptism (in the early church). So paraˈbaptist, parabaptiˈzation.
| 1715 Bingham Orig. Eccles. IV. 275 Such Baptisms are frequently condemned in the ancient Councils under the name of παραβαπτίσµατα... Which sort of Parabaptizations are there condemned. 1890 Cent. Dict., Parabaptism. |