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affusion
[ uh-fyoo-zhuhn ]
noun
- the pouring on of water or other liquid, as in the rite of baptism.
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Other Words From
- super·af·fusion noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of affusion1
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Example Sentences
We shall say nothing as to the defects or merits of aspersion or sprinkling, immersion or dipping, affusion or pouring.
On the other hand, if resins be dissolved in spirit of wine, the affusion of water will separate them.
Affusion, af-fū′zhun, n. the act of pouring upon or sprinkling.
It would be an extreme case which would lead me to administer the ordinance in any other way than by affusion.
One mode was, I believe, practised at first; and the New Testament teaches me that this was affusion.
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