baptist
- a person who baptizes
- [B-] 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 of baptist
Middle English and Old French baptiste from Late Latin (Ec) baptista, a baptizer (esp. John the Baptist) from Classical Greek baptist?s: see baptizebaptist Idioms
the Baptist
John the Baptist
Baptist
noun
- A member of an evangelical Protestant church of congregational polity, following the Reformed tradition in worship and believing in freedom of conscience, separation of church and state, and baptism only of voluntary, conscious believers.
- baptist One that baptizes.
Origin of Baptist
Middle English baptizer from Old French baptiste from Late Latin baptista from Greek baptistēs from baptizein to baptize ; see baptize .Related Forms:
- Bap′tist
adjective
baptist
Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural Baptists)
- A Protestant denomination of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers, as opposed to the baptism of infants.
- An adherent of this denomination.
Adjective
(comparative more Baptist, superlative most Baptist)
- Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.
