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baptême
Cdn. French, Obs.
n.
the practice of " baptizing."
See also:
baptize
1784
 
(1790)
 
[We reached] a stony point which our men called Pointe au Baptême, on account of my paying my baptême there.
1793
 
(1933)
 
The intention of this Bâtême being only to claim a glass[,] I complied with the custom. . . .