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: Middle English and amp; Old French baptiste ; from Late Latin (Ec) baptista, a baptizer (esp. John the Baptist) ; from Classical Greek baptistēs: see baptize
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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: Middle English, baptizer, from Old French baptiste, from Late Latin baptista, from Greek baptistēs, from baptizein, to baptize; see baptize.
Related Forms:
- Bapˈtist adjective
baptist - Phrases/Idioms
the Baptist
John the Baptist
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Baptist
Variant of baptist
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: Middle English and amp; Old French baptiste ; from Late Latin (Ec) baptista, a baptizer (esp. John the Baptist) ; from Classical Greek baptistēs: see baptize
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