(n.) 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.

acceptance admission admittance affusion appellation aspergation aspersion baptismal gown baptismal regeneration baptistery baptizement bath bathing bedewing burial calling chrismal christening confirmation dampening damping definition deluge denomination designation dewing dip dipping dousing drowning duck ducking dunking engulfment enlistment enrollment extreme unction flooding font holy orders hosing hosing down humidification identification immergence immersion immission inauguration induction infusion initiation installation instatement intromission inundation investiture irrigation laving matrimony moistening naming nicknaming ordination penance rinsing seven sacraments sinking souse sousing sparging spattering splashing splattering spraying sprinkling styling submergence submersion swashing terming the Eucharist total immersion watering wetting