baptist

Bap·tist

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 baptize

baptist Idioms

the Baptist

John the Baptist

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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 .

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Bap′tist
adjective

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Noun

(plural baptists)

A person who baptizes

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)