An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
BAPTISM
baptism
(noun) a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; “most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
baptism (countable and uncountable, plural baptisms)
A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
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Source: Wiktionary
Bap"tism, n. Etym: [OE. baptim, baptem, OE. baptesme, batisme, F. baptême, L. baptisma, fr. Gr. , fr. to baptize, fr. to dip in water, akin to deep, Skr. gah to dip, bathe, v. i.]
Definition: The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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