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The act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head
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affusion
Word definitions for affusion in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head
Wikipedia
Word definitions in 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in 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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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 ...
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.