baptismal

English

Etymology

baptism +‎ -al

Adjective

baptismal (not comparable)

Of or relating to baptism

Translations

relating to baptism

Asturian: bautismal
Catalan: baptismal
Esperanto: bapta
French: baptismal (fr)

Galician: bautismal
Italian: battesimale
Portuguese: batismal (pt)
Spanish: bautismal (es)

Noun

baptismal (plural baptismals)

A baptismal name: a name given at baptism.
- 1872, Augustus De Morgan, A Budget of Paradoxes, p. 120:
  ...Mr. Andrew Theophilus Smith, or some such unlikely pair of baptismals...
A baptismal font: a large basin used for baptism.
The baptismal is in the front of the sanctuary.

Catalan

Adjective

baptismal (masculine and feminine plural baptismals)

baptismal

French

Adjective

baptismal (feminine singular baptismale, masculine plural baptismaux, feminine plural baptismales)

baptismal

Further reading

“baptismal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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