Anabaptism

Variant of Anabaptist

Anabaptist definition

Ana·bap·tist (an′ə bap′tist)

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

Etymology: ModL anabaptista < LL(Ec) anabaptismus < Gr(Ec) anabaptismos, second baptism < anabaptizein < ana-, again + baptizein, baptize

adjective

of this sect

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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