baptist

(bap′tist)

noun

a person who baptizes
a member of a Protestant denomination holding that baptism should be given only to believers after confession of faith and by immersion rather than sprinkling

Origin: ME & OFr baptiste < LL (Ec) baptista, a baptizer (esp. John the Baptist) < Gr baptistēs: see baptize

See baptist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A member of an evangelical Protestant church of congregational polity, following the reformed tradition in worship, and believing in individual freedom, in the separation of church and state, and in baptism of voluntary, conscious believers.
baptist One that baptizes.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, baptizer

Origin: , from Old French baptiste

Origin: , from Late Latin baptista

Origin: , from Greek baptistēs

Origin: , from baptizein, to baptize; see baptize

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