Meaning of AFFUSION
| Pronunciation: | | u'fyoozhun
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head |
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| | See Also: | | baptism | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | aspergation, aspersion, baptism, baptismal gown, baptismal regeneration, baptistery, baptizement, bath, bathing, bedewing, chrismal, christening, dampening, damping, deluge, dewing, drowning, flooding, font, hosing, hosing down, humidification, immersion, infusion, inundation, irrigation, laving, moistening, rinsing, sparging, spattering, splashing, splattering, spraying, sprinkling, submersion, swashing, total immersion, watering, wetting |
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