iriiri
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to baptise - perform a ceremony over a baby.
I te rā i iriiritia ai rātou, kotahi tonu te hūtu i waenganui i a rātou katoa (TTT 1/11/1921:10). / On the day that they were baptised they only had one suit between them all.
Synonyms: tūā
2. (modifier) baptismal.
Ko Rāwinia tōna ingoa iriiri, engari kāore e mōhiotia ana nō nahea i iriirihia ai (TTR 1990:128). / Her baptismal name was Lavinia, but it is not known when she was baptised.
Synonyms: whakairiiri
3. (noun) baptism.
I muri tonu iho i tēnā ka tīmata te iriiri, te ritenga i whakatakotoria hei urunga atu mō te tangata ki roto ki taua rōpū (TP 4/1911:7). / Straight after that the baptism began, which was the ritual for a person to join that group.
Synonyms: iriiringa, whakairiiri, iriiriranga
