full immersion
English
editNoun
editfull immersion (plural full immersions)
- (Christianity) A method of baptism in which the person baptized is immersed in holy water completely.
See also
edit- affusion (“baptism in which holy water is poured on the person's head”)
- aspersion (“baptism in which holy water is sprinkled on the person”)
Further reading
edit
Immersion baptism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
editEtymology
editPseudo-anglicism, derived from full + immersion. First attested in 1986.
Noun
editfull immersion f (invariable)
- (education) immersion (form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively)
- (figurative, by extension) complete focus on one activity
Adjective
edit- (relational) immersion
- corso full immersion ― immersion course
Synonyms
editCategories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English multiword terms
- en:Christianity
- Italian pseudo-loans from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian multiword terms
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Education
- Italian adjectives
- Italian indeclinable adjectives
- Italian relational adjectives
- Italian terms with usage examples