- Christening - Christening ceremony - Christian sacrament - Religious ceremony - Roll it back to get some odd initiation - The act of baptizing; the application of water to a
person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated
into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion,
sprinkling, or pouring.
- Christian sacrament - The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of
establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an
appointment. - That which confirms; that which gives new strength or
assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof;
convincing testimony. - A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is
admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full
privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal
Church, etc. - A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure
and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a
contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and
binding which was before voidable.
- Christian sacrament - Ritualised celebration of the Lord's Supper - The act of sharing; community; participation. - Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate
association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence;
interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the
communion of saints. - A body of Christians having one common faith and
discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion. - The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the
Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to
communion; to partake of the communion.
- Christian sacrament - The Lord’s Supper - The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving. - The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of
ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and
wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.