Baptist

//ˈbæptɪst// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A person who baptizes.
  3. 3
    follower of Baptistic doctrines wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.

    "One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II."

Synonyms

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Example

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"Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to the baptism of John the Baptist."

Etymology

From Middle English baptist, baptiste, borrowed from Old French baptiste, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

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