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Baptist

noun
/ˈbæptɪst//ˈbæbtɪst/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from βαπτιστής
  2. derived from baptista
  3. derived from baptiste
  4. inherited from baptist

Definitions

  1. An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity,…

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. A person who baptizes.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA