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A public dunk where water rewrites your origin story in front of witnesses.
means Relating to baptism — the religious rite of immersing or sprinkling someone with water as a sign of purification and entry into a faith.
from From the Greek 'baptizein,' meaning to dip, plunge, or immerse — the same verb a Greek cook might use for dunking something in dye or liquid. It passed through Latin 'baptismus' into Old French and English, where 'baptism' picked up the adjective tail '-al' to describe anything belonging to the rite. So at its root, the word is wonderfully literal: a dunking, dressed in centuries of Sunday clothes.
- word root
- From Greek baptizein, meaning to dip or submerge
- font names
- The basin itself is called a baptismal font
- early style
- Earliest Christians often used rivers, not buildings
- octagon shape
- Many fonts have eight sides for the eighth day
- adults too
- Some traditions wait for full-body immersion as grown believers
river jordan baptism site — traditional location where john the baptist baptized jesus christ, in modern-day israel/palestine
sistine chapel baptism font — papal baptismal site in vatican city where popes have baptized infants since the 16th century
canterbury cathedral font — 12th-century romanesque baptismal font in england still used for anglican christenings today