Baptism of a child in 1694 what does 'chylde' means?

[jkhansen]

Please - need a little help of understanding this word, "chylde"?
Definition of chylde?
I have checked online dictionay and is written, 'a youth of gentle birth'.

Andrew Meikle and Elspeth Beans had a chylde bap-
tized named Andrew, March 27th 1694   
Witnesses Walter Snadoune and Robert Meikle.

Thanks
JKH

[youngtug]

Just another way of spelling child.

[jkhansen]

Thanks - a swift answer to the word, 'chylde'.
I was begining to read 'baseborn'  - yet to trace more of parents!

[josey]

I think I read a rootschat post a while ago where the terms 'child' meant a specific age range at baptism. Unless the minister/clerk of that parish always used the term 'chylde' for babies....

[youngtug]

Spelling;   
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01kyn/
 

[youngtug]

http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-infant-and-child

[Guy Etchells]

Please - need a little help of understanding this word, "chylde"?
Definition of chylde?
I have checked online dictionay and is written, 'a youth of gentle birth'.

Andrew Meikle and Elspeth Beans had a chylde bap-
tized named Andrew, March 27th 1694   
Witnesses Walter Snadoune and Robert Meikle.

Thanks
JKH

Don't overthink entries in parish registers in a few cases there may be a specific meaning to a word but in most cases it is simply a generic term being used depending on the mood of the clerk.

Sometimes by studying the terms that a particular clerk used over a period of months or even years one may see a pattern but don't be surprised if no pattern appears.

Cheers
Guy

[Rena]

I can think of one other reason for a child to be baptised.    In 1690 the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland was formed and as most parish churches had an attached school, then it may be that one condition of a youngster being educated was that it had to be baptised into that church.

[Forfarian]

I doubt that either the spelling or the use of the word 'child' has any significance at all.