Baptism vs Sage - What's the difference?
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The Bible Baptist Christian personal ordinance in which one is submerged in water.
The Christian sacrament in which one is anointed with or submerged in water and sometimes given a name.
A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
Wise.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
* Milton
A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), ยง 34:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
As a noun baptism
is the bible baptist christian personal ordinance in which one is submerged in water.As a verb sage is
first-person singular indicative present form of .baptism
English
(wikipedia baptism)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* baptismal * baptism for the dead, baptism by proxy * baptism of fire, baptism by fire * infantile baptism * vicarious baptismSee also
* dunking * godchild * goddaughter * godfather * godmother * godparent * godson * pedobaptism * sprinklingAnagrams
* English words suffixed with -ismsage
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .Adjective
(er)- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
* sagaciousNoun
(en noun)- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .