PÆDEROTIA, in botany: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the pentandria class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 30th order, Contorta. The berry is empty, brittle, and disperseous; the style bifid.
PÆDO BAPTISM; infant-baptism, or that conferred on children; from païs infant, and baptismus baptisma. This has been the subject of great controversy in the church. See ANABAPTISTS, BAPTISTS, &c.