"half-baptism" meaning in All languages combined

See half-baptism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: half-baptisms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} half-baptism (countable and uncountable, plural half-baptisms)
  1. A short private baptism, formerly used where an infant was at risk of imminent death. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: half-baptise, half-baptize
    Sense id: en-half-baptism-en-noun-zAAVmCke Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Half-baptisms are not recorded, though some clergymen make memoranda of them.",
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        [
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        [
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      ],
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        {
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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