About The Word Affusion
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Affusion
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What's The Definition Of Affusion?
[n] the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head
Synonyms | Synonyms for Affusion: Related Terms | Find terms related to Affusion: 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 See Also | baptism Affusion In Webster's Dictionary \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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