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pedobaptism

[ped-doh-bap-tiz-uhm, pee-doh-]

noun

  1. the baptism of infants.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of pedobaptism1

First recorded in 1630–40; pedo- 1 + baptism
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Example Sentences

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Pedobaptism, pē-dō-bap′tizm, n. infant baptism.—n.

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Antonym: solvency. banner, n. flag, standard, gonfalon, ensign, oriflame, vexillum, banderole, colors, pavilion. banquet, n. junket, regalement, feast.--v. feast, junket, regale. banter, n. joking, jesting, pleasantry, badinage, chaff, raillery, persiflage, asteism. banter, v. jest, chaff, rally, roast. baptism, n. baptizing; parabaptism, pedobaptism; hypothetical, baptism.

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The men talked in loud voices of the points of the sermon, of the doctrines of predestination pedobaptism and antipedobaptism, of original sin, and that most fascinating mystery, the unpardonable sin, and in lower voices of wolf and bear killing, of the town-meeting, the taxes, the crops and cattle; and they examined with keen interest one another's horses, and many a sly bargain in horse-flesh or exchange of cows and pigs was suggested, bargained over, and clinched in the "Sabba'-day house."

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