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Definition of Baptismal name
1. Noun. The first name given to Christians at birth or christening.
Definition of Baptismal name
1. Noun. A name given at christening or confirmation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baptismal Name
Literary usage of Baptismal name
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... momentarily on the head of the catechumen as a substitute for the baptismal
robe (O'Kane, no. 350 sqq.). (5) baptismal name.—From the earliest times ..."
2. The Works of John C. Calhoun by John Caldwell Calhoun, Richard Kenner Crallé (1851)
"then, the baptismal name of these States,—received at their birth ;—by which they
have ever ... baptismal name ..."
3. The Anti-slavery History of the John-Brown Year: Being the Twenty-seventh by American Anti-Slavery Society (1861)
"... through a general appreciation of its fitness, he had come to be more familiarly
known than by his baptismal name or ecclesiastical designation. ..."
4. History of the Town of Whately, Mass.: Including a Narrative of Leading by James Monroe Crafts, Josiah Howard Temple (1899)
"... The name of a road is expressive like the name of a town or the baptismal name
of a person. The direction of a road indicates the course of settlement ..."
5. The History of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating (1906)
"Was the baptismal name of Columcille ; Axal the name of his angel, without fault.
And Demal his demon. Now Columcille clung to him as a name, because when ..."
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