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mersion ? Obs.|ˈmɜːʃən|
[a. F. mersion, ad. L. mersiōn-em, n. of action f. mers-, mergĕre to dip: see merge v.]
The action, or act, of dipping; spec. with reference to baptism.
1659H. L'Estrange Alliance Div. Off. 365 Mersion or dipping is not of the necessity of the Sacrament, sprinkling being in every way as operative. 1669Barrow Sacraments in Creed etc. (1697) 444 The mersion also in Water, and the emersion thence, doth figure our death to the former, and receiving to a new life. 1691W. Nicholls Answ. Naked Gospel 32 The custom of the trine mersion seems to be very ancient in the Church, if not Apostolical. |
