rebaptism
noun
rebaptism is a noun meaning “A second or subsequent baptism; the act or ceremony of rebaptizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-B-A-P-T-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 93 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rebaptism is rebaptisms.
What does rebaptism mean?
noun
- 1
A second or subsequent baptism; the act or ceremony of rebaptizing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rebaptism
- rebaptisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rebaptism?
Rebaptism appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Rebaptism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act or ceremony of rebaptizing:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Wiedertaufe |
| Portuguese | rebatismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does rebaptism come from?
From re- + baptism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).