Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The baptism of infants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The baptism of infants or of small children.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
baptism ofchildren .
Etymologies
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From paedo- + baptism.
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Examples
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The burden of proof lies on the advocates of pedobaptism, who would derive authority for their practice from this passage.
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a decided probability that pedobaptism is here intended.
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And, again, when discussing the subject, of pedobaptism, he thus describes his view: -- "In and by baptism the Holy Spirit is given to children, who operates in them according to their measure (masse) or capacity, as he operated in John in the womb of Elizabeth.
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