PÆDEROTA, a genus of plants belonging to the pentandria class, and in the natural method ranking under the 30th order, Centotæ. See BOTANY Index.
PÆDO BAPTISM; infant baptism, or that conferred on children: from παις, infans, and βαπτισμός, baptism. This has been the subject of great controversy in the church. See ANABAPTISTS, BAPTISTS, &c.