whakairiiri
1. (modifier) baptismal.
Nō te tau 1842 whakamahia ai e Ātirīkona Wiremu Wiremu te toka hōpuapua nei hei ipu whakairiiri i ngā Māori e 245 te tokomaha (Te Ara 2014). / In 1842 Archdeacon William Williams used the hollow rock as as a baptismal font to baptise 245 Māori there.
Synonyms: iriiri
2. (noun) baptism.
Ka pā te kawa me ōna ritenga ki ngā mea katoa - mō te whakawhānau tamariki, mō te hanga whare, mō te whakaora tūroro, mō te tuku tangata kua mate, mō te whakairiiri kōhungahunga, otirā mō ngā āhuatanga huhua noa atu (TWK 46:21). / Protocol and its practices concern everything - childbirth, house building, healing the sick, burying the dead, baptising children, in fact a host of events.
Synonyms: iriiri, iriiringa, iriiriranga
