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Noun: baptism  'bap,ti-zum
  1. A Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
    "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
Noun: Baptist  bap-tist
  1. Follower of Baptistic doctrines

Derived forms: Baptists

Type of: Protestant, sacrament

Part of: Baptist Church, Baptists

Encyclopedia: Baptism, Infant

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