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AFFUSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does affusion mean?
• AFFUSION (noun)
The noun AFFUSION has 1 sense:
1. the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head
Familiarity information: AFFUSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("affusion" is a kind of...):
baptism (a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth)
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