Crossword clues for affusion
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Affusion \Af*fu"sion\ ([a^]f*f[=u]"zh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F.
affusion.]
The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as
water upon a child in baptism. Specifically: (Med) The act of
pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the
body, as a remedy in disease.
--Dunglison.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The pouring of liquid. 2 A method of Christian baptism where water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.
WordNet
n. the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head
Wikipedia
Affusion ( la. affusio) is a method of baptism where water is poured on the head of the person being baptized. The word "affusion" comes from the Latin affusio, meaning "to pour on". Affusion is one of four methods of baptism used by Christians, which also include total submersion baptism, partial immersion baptism, and aspersion or sprinkling. Christian denominations that baptize by affusion do not deny the legitimacy of baptizing by submersion or immersion; rather, they consider that affusion is a sufficient, if not necessarily preferable, method of baptism.
Affusion and aspersion tend to be practiced by Christian denominations that also practice infant baptism. This may be due to the practical difficulties of totally immersing an infant underwater. However, Eastern Orthodox and some Roman Catholics practice infant immersion. Amish, Old Order Mennonites, and Conservative Mennonites still practice baptism by pouring.
Usage examples of "affusion".
And sponging, mere sponging - no foolish affusion - would be beneficial at the height of the feverish stadium.
He and Martin plied all the remedies they possessed, all the forms of alleviation they knew - sponging, cold affusions, shaving of the head - but the progress of the disease, from having been extraordinarily slow, now became extraordinarily rapid.