[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action or ceremony of baptism.
1297. R. Glouc., 86. He bi com in hys baptizing hol of ys wo.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 171. Þere shul ȝe here … Siþen of Iones baptizyng.
1653. Milton, Hirelings, Wks. (1851), 362. How ill had it becom’d John the Baptist to demand Fees for his baptizing.
1880. [Mary Allan-Olney], New Virginians, II. 234. The nigger baptisings have been always held at such distances.
