baptismal

English

Etymology

From baptism +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

baptismal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to baptism.
2. Of a name, conferred at baptism.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 107:

     The neophyte was given a new name in place of the baptismal one, usually of an evil and revolting character, and this was written in blood in the Devil's book, the covers of which were bound in the skin of unbaptised infants.

Derived terms

• antebaptismal
• baptismal font
• baptismally
• baptismal name
• nonbaptismal
• postbaptismal
• prebaptismal

Translations

relating to baptism

• Asturian: bautismal
• Catalan: baptismal
• Esperanto: bapta
• French: baptismal (fr)
• Galician: bautismal
• Italian: battesimale
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: baptistisk

• Portuguese: batismal (pt)
• Spanish: bautismal (es), baptismal (disused)

Noun

baptismal (plural baptismals)

1. A baptismal name: a name given at baptism.
   • 1872, Augustus De Morgan, A Budget of Paradoxes, page 120:

     ...Mr. Andrew Theophilus Smith, or some such unlikely pair of baptismals...

2. A baptismal font: a large basin used for baptism.

   The baptismal is in the front of the sanctuary.

Catalan

Adjective

baptismal m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptismals)

1. baptismal

French

Adjective

baptismal (feminine baptismale, masculine plural baptismaux, feminine plural baptismales)

1. baptismal

Derived terms

• fonts baptismaux

Further reading

• “baptismal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Adjective

baptismal m or f (plural baptismais)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batismal. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.