baptization (baptizashon)

[ If they had been lay persons, their baptizations were null and invalid. Jer. Taylor , Clerus Domini, iv. baptize (bap-tīz'), v. t.; pret. and pp. baptized, ppr. baptizing. [ baptize, None [in Yucatan] might marry who had not been bap tised. Faiths of the World , p. 248. 2. To christen; name; denominate with allusion to the nam naming of infants at baptism. Call me but love, and I'll be new baptiz'd ; Henceforth I never will be Romeo. Shak . , R. and J., ii. 2. Sometimes spelled baptise . baptize ment (bap-tiz'ment), n. [ baptize + -ment.] The act of baptizing; baptism. [Rare.] baptizer (bap-tī'zér), n. One who baptizes. On the part of the baptizer , baptism was a form of reception to instruction. Rees , Cyc., Baptism.