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Anabaptism
Variant of Anabaptist
noun
a member of a radical 16th-cent. sect of the Reformation originating in Switzerland, often persecuted because they opposed the taking of oaths, infant baptism, military service, and the holding of public office
adjective
of this sect
Related Forms:
- Anabaptism noun
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