Middle English Dictionary Entry
baptīsing ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | baptīsing ger. Also baptesing. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Baptism.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)32/84 : Ore louerd..Cominde toward baptisingue..Toward þe watere of Iordan.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.78 : Baptizyng and burying bothe ben ful nedeful.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)16.254 : Iosephes took A basyn with water..there ȝaf he to hem Baptisenge.
- a1500 Becket (RwlPoet 225)183 : Þe watir was alredy To hir baptesing.