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7 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
originFrom Middle English bapteme, baptesme, from Old French batesme or bapteme, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma, “dipping, baptism”), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I dip in liquid”). Displaced native Old English fulwiht.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0