Baptist

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Noun

Baptist (countable and uncountable, plural Baptists)

  1. An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.

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  • There is no single common term, either a single word or a phrase, for the Baptist denominations of Christianity. The terms such as Baptistdom and Baptistism are occasionally used, but are not accepted as standard.

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Adjective

Baptist (comparative more Baptist, superlative most Baptist)

  1. Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

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Proper noun

Baptist m (proper noun, strong, genitive Baptist or Baptistä)

  1. (Christianity, archaic) the Baptist (title of Saint John the Baptist)
    Synonym: (Johannes der) Täufer
    Johann BaptistJohn the Baptist

Etymology 2

From English Baptist, eventually derived from the same Latin and Greek etyma as in etymology 1.

Noun

Baptist m (weak, genitive Baptisten, plural Baptisten, feminine Baptistin)

  1. (Christianity) Baptist (male or of unspecified gender) (member of a Baptist church or denomination)
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