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Anabaptist

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists during the Protestant Reformation.
  2. 2
    Relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists of the present-day.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.

    "Were the Anabaptists right? Was happiness Satan’s allure, his tantalizing deceit?"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Anabaptist. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    adherent of Anabaptism wordnet
  4. 4
    A member of any of several present-day churches descended from that origin.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From New Latin anabaptista, from the Ancient Greek ἀναβαπτισμός (anabaptismós), itself from ἀνα- (ana-, “re-”) and βαπτισμός (baptismós, “baptism”).

Etymology 2

From New Latin anabaptista, from the Ancient Greek ἀναβαπτισμός (anabaptismós), itself from ἀνα- (ana-, “re-”) and βαπτισμός (baptismós, “baptism”).

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