BAPTISM OF FIRE

Meaning of BAPTISM OF FIRE in English

1. spiritual sanctification as a gift of the Holy Ghost.

2. the first time a soldier faces battle.

3. any severe ordeal that tests one's endurance.

[ 1815-25 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BAPTISM OF FIRE — Date: 1633 an introductory or initial experience that is a severe ordeal, a spiritual baptism by a gift of the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BAPTISM OF FIRE — Etymology: translation of Late Greek baptisma pyros 1. : a spiritual baptism by the gift of the Holy Spirit — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BAPTISM OF FIRE — difficult experience, trial
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BAPTISM OF FIRE — Date: 1633 1. : an introductory or initial experience that is a severe ordeal ; especially : a soldier's first …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BAPTISM OF FIRE — 1633 1 : an introductory or initial experience that is a severe ordeal especially : a soldier's first exposure to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BAPTISM OF FIRE — a difficult introduction to a new job or experience. → baps
Concise Oxford English vocab
BAPTISM OF FIRE — [baptism of fire] (1857) 1: an introductory or initial experience that is a severe ordeal; specif: a soldier's first exposure …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BAPTISM OF FIRE — ( baptisms of fire) If someone who has just begun a new job has a baptism of fire , they …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAPTISM OF FIRE — (baptisms of fire) If someone who has just begun a new job has a ~, they immediately have to cope …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BAPTISM OF FIRE — 1) боевое крещение 2) крещение, принятое от Святого Духа (о эпизодах из Деян2-3,4; Мф 3- 11) боевой крещение
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BAPTISM OF FIRE — боевое крещение
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BAPTISM OF FIRE — боевое крещение крещение, принятое от Святого Духа ( о эпизодах из Деян2-3,4; Мф 3-11 )
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BAPTISM OF FIRE — боевое крещение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BAPTISM OF FIRE — боевое крещение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BAPTISM OF FIRE — 1) боевое крещение 2) крещение, принятое от Святого Духа ( о эпизодах из Деян2-3,4; Мф 3-11 )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BAPTISM OF FIRE — 1) боевое крещение 2) крещение, принятое от Святого Духа (о эпизодах из Деян2-3,4; Мф 3-11)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BAPTISM OF FIRE — боевое крещение
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BAPTISM OF FIRE — боевое крещение
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BAPTISM OF FIRE — боевое крещение крещение, принятое от Святого Духа (о эпизодах из Деян2-3,4; Мф 3-11)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BAPTISM OF FIRE — боевое крещение; крещение огнем
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
BAPTISM OF FIRE — боевое крещение; крещение огнем
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
BAPTISM OF FIRE — 1) боевое крещение 2) крещение, принятое от Святого Духа (о эпизодах из Деян2-3,4; Мф 3- 11) боевой крещение
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BAPTISM — bunyag;pagbunyag
English-Visayan vocabulary
BAPTISM — noun Etymology: Middle English ~e Date: 14th century 1. a Christian sacrament marked by ritual use of water and admitting …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BAPTISM — In Christianity, the sacrament of admission to the church, symbolized by the pouring or sprinkling of water on the head …
Английский словарь Британика
FIRE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BAPTISM — ˈbapˌtizəm, ÷ˈbabˌt- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bapteme, baptisme, from Old French & Late Latin; Old French baptesme, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BAPTISM — (v. i.) The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by …
Английский словарь Webster
BAPTISM — ( v. i. ) The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRE — — firer , n. /fuyeur/ , n. , v. , fired, firing . n. 1. a state, process, or instance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAPTISM — — baptismal /bap tiz"meuhl/ , adj. — baptismally , adv. /bap"tiz euhm/ , n. 1. Eccles. a ceremonial immersion in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAPTISM — n. ceremonial immersion into water, initiatory rite of the Christian Church; purification by submergence
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIRE — I. ˈfi(-ə)r noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳr; akin to Old High German fiur fire, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BAPTISM — ˈbab- noun Etymology: Middle English baptisme Date: 14th century 1. a. : a Christian sacrament marked by ritual use of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRE — vt to drive by fire. 2. fire ·vt to cauterize. 3. fire ·vi to be irritated or inflamed with passion. …
Webster English vocab
FIRE — [fire] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE fyr; akin to OHG fiur fire, Gk pyr] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BAPTISM — a sacrament of admission to the Christian Church. The forms and rituals of the various churches vary, but Baptism almost …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIRE — fire BrE AmE ˈfa ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈfaɪ‿ ə r ▷ fire|d d ▷ firing ˈfa ɪ ‿ər ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BAPTISM — baptism BrE AmE ˈbæpt ˌɪz ə m ▷ baptism|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIRE — / ˈfaɪə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun STH BURNING 1. [ U ] the flames, light and heat, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAPTISM — / ˈbæptɪzəm; NAmE / noun a Christian ceremony in which a few drops of water are poured on sb or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BAPTISM — bap ‧ tis ‧ m /ˈbæptɪz ə m/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] 1 . a Christian religious ceremony …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIRE
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRE
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BAPTISM — n. 1 a the religious rite, symbolizing admission to the Christian Church, of sprinkling the forehead with water, or (usu. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIRE
Oxford English vocab
BAPTISM — n.1 a the religious rite, symbolizing admission to the Christian Church, of sprinkling the forehead with water, or (usu. only …
Oxford English vocab
FIRE — I. BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM /faɪə(r)/ ( fires, firing, fired) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAPTISM — ( baptisms) A baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is baptized. Compare christening . N-VAR
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb/fire/terrorist etc alert ▪ a full-scale flood alert a devastating flood/fire/earthquake etc ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BAPTISM — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ According to Catholic Church statistics, there were about 25, 000 baptisms in Havana in 1989. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BAPTISM — [noun] - a Christian ceremony in which a person has water poured on their head, or are covered briefly in …
Cambridge English vocab
BAPTISM — n. In Christianity, the sacrament of admission to the church, symbolized by the pouring or sprinkling of water on the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FIRE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIRE — INDEX: 1. a fire that damages a building, forest, etc 2. a fire for making you warm, for cooking, or …
Longman Activator English vocab
BAPTISM — n. 25B6; noun the baptism ceremony : CHRISTENING, naming; rare lustration. his baptism as a politician : INITIATION, debut, introduction, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIRE — n. 1 flame(s), blaze; conflagration, holocaust, inferno We gathered round the roaring fire 2 feeling, passion, ardour, ardency, fervour, fervency, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, …
Словарь английских идиом
FIRE — (*) 1. The command given to discharge a weapon(s). 2. To detonate the main explosive charge by means of a …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
BAPTISM — It is well known that ablution or bathing was common in most ancient nations as a preparation for prayers and …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
FIRE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BAPTISM — сущ. 1) а) крещение to administer baptism ≈ осуществлять обряд крещения to accept, receive, undergo baptism ≈ принять обряд крещения …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIRE — fire.ogg 1. ʹfaıə n 1. 1> огонь, пламя fire endurance - огнестойкость fire point - тех. температура воспламенения to keep …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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