Baptism

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English

Proper noun

Baptism

  1. (rare, nonstandard) The Baptist faith; the Baptist denominations of Christianity.
    • 2009, Peter Kolchin, Unfree Labor, page 220:
      Whereas Landon Carter was disgusted with his overseer's proselytizing in 1776, his nephew Robert, who originally shared his skepticism, saw the light in 1778, converted to Baptism himself, and spent much of the next decade encouraging his slaves to follow suit — much to the annoyance of several of his overseers.