baptism : Idioms & Phrases
Blood baptism
(Eccl. Hist.) , the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism.
Webster 1913
Clinical baptism
- baptism administered to a person on a sick bed.
Webster 1913
Hypothetical baptism
(Ch. of Eng.) , baptism administered to persons in respect to whom it is doubtful whether they have or have not been baptized before.
Webster 1913
Lay baptism
(Eccl.) , baptism administered by a lay person. F. G. Lee.