Explore Affusion through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like baptism. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Affusion in a sentence
Affusion meaning
- The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
- A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.
Synonyms of Affusion
Using Affusion
- The main meaning on this page is: The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy. | A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.
- Useful related words include: baptism.
- In the example corpus, affusion often appears in combinations such as: immersion affusion, affusion or.
Context around Affusion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Affusion
- In this selection, "affusion" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, immersion, water, pouring and practices stand out and add context to how "affusion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allowed for affusion practices in and baptize by affusion pouring eastern. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "affusion" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with affusion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Latin Church Catholics generally baptize by affusion (pouring); Eastern Catholics usually by submersion, or at least partial immersion. (18 words)
Aspersion is the sprinkling of water on the head, and affusion is the pouring of water over the head. (19 words)
The Didache 7.1-3 (AD 60-150) allowed for affusion practices in situations where immersion was not practical. (19 words)
Doubt about the faith of the baptizer is thus no ground for doubt about the validity of the baptism. citation Some conditions expressly do not affect validity—for example, whether submersion, immersion, affusion or aspersion is used. (37 words)
The rite used would be the same as that denomination's rite for adults, i.e., by pouring holy water ( affusion ) or by sprinkling water ( aspersion ). (26 words)
AD 256) explicitly stated that the amount of water was inconsequential and defended immersion, affusion, and aspersion practices (Epistle 75.12). (21 words)
Example sentences (6)
AD 256) explicitly stated that the amount of water was inconsequential and defended immersion, affusion, and aspersion practices (Epistle 75.12).
Aspersion is the sprinkling of water on the head, and affusion is the pouring of water over the head.
Doubt about the faith of the baptizer is thus no ground for doubt about the validity of the baptism. citation Some conditions expressly do not affect validity—for example, whether submersion, immersion, affusion or aspersion is used.
Latin Church Catholics generally baptize by affusion (pouring); Eastern Catholics usually by submersion, or at least partial immersion.
The Didache 7.1-3 (AD 60-150) allowed for affusion practices in situations where immersion was not practical.
The rite used would be the same as that denomination's rite for adults, i.e., by pouring holy water ( affusion ) or by sprinkling water ( aspersion ).
Common combinations with affusion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- immersion affusion 2×
- affusion or 2×