baptism

Summary

baptism ranks in the top 0.88% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,237 views/month, #681 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• baptism is a type of religious ceremony^[2].
• baptism is a type of sacrament^[3].
• baptism is a type of initiation^[4].
• baptism is a type of naming ceremony^[5].
• baptism is a type of Christian liturgical rite^[6].
• baptism is part of Christianity^[7].
• baptism's Commons category is recorded as Baptism^[8].
• baptism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Baptism^[9].
• baptism's depicted by is recorded as Battesimo del principe d'Inghilterra (Stories of Saint Ursula)^[10].
• baptism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[11].
• baptism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• baptism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• baptism's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[14].
• baptism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• baptism's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[16].
• baptism's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia^[17].
• baptism's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/baptism^[18].
• baptism's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/baptism^[19].
• baptism's has characteristic is recorded as date of baptism^[20].
• baptism's different from is recorded as Chrzest^[21].
• baptism's different from is recorded as Baptism^[22].
• baptism's different from is recorded as Taufe^[23].
• baptism's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as National List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Iraq^[24].
• baptism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki Loves Popular Culture Brazil - Traditions, rituals and oral expressions^[25].
• baptism's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include religious ceremony^[2], sacrament^[3], initiation^[4], naming ceremony^[5], and Christian liturgical rite^[6].

Use and Application

baptism is part of Christianity^[7].

Influence

Things named for baptism include baptism by fire^[27], a phrase^[28], founded in 0050^[29].

Why It Matters

baptism ranks in the top 0.88% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,237 views/month, #681 of 77,819).^[1] baptism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] baptism is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for baptism include baptism by fire^[27], a phrase^[28], founded in 0050^[29].