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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
C17: from Late Latin affūsiōn- a pouring upon, from affundere, from fundere to pour
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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.
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On the other hand, if resins be dissolved in spirit of wine, the affusion of water will separate them.
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Affusion, af-fū′zhun, n. the act of pouring upon or sprinkling.
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It would be an extreme case which would lead me to administer the ordinance in any other way than by affusion.
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One mode was, I believe, practised at first; and the New Testament teaches me that this was affusion.
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