Bible Dictionaries
Affusion

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease.

(2):

(n.) The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Affusion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/affusion.html. 1828.