Parabaptist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person carrying out unlawful baptisms, especially in the early Church. rare

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβαπτιστής (parabaptistḗs), from παραβαπτίζω (parabaptízō, “to baptize without authority”). By surface analysis, para- + baptist.

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