baptismal, a.
(bæpˈtɪzməl)
[ad. med.L. baptismāl-is: see baptism and -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or connected with baptism. Also ellipt. = baptismal name, the personal or ‘Christian’ name given at baptism.
| 1641 J. Jackson True Evang. T. iii. 175 His Baptismall Laver [was] awaited by a Dove. 1651 Baxter Inft. Bapt. 293 This Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration. a 1711 Ken Hymnotheo Wks. 1721 III. 106 Thy Mercy I invoke, For my Baptismal Vow so often broke. 1869 Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) III. xii. 138 Geoffrey also changed his baptismal name. 1872 De Morgan Budg. Parad. 120 Mr. Andrew Theophilus Smith, or some such unlikely pair of baptismals. |