Anabaptist

[ an-uh-bap-tist ]

noun
  1. a member or descendant of a member of any of various Christian sects formed in Europe after 1520 that denied the validity of infant baptism, baptized believers only, emphasized simplicity and nonviolence, and advocated social and economic reforms as well as the complete separation of church and state.

  2. Archaic. Baptist (def. 1).

adjective
  1. of or relating to Anabaptists or Anabaptism: The book traces the origin of Anabaptist groups such as the Mennonites and Amish.

Origin of Anabaptist

1
First recorded in 1525–35; from New Latin anabaptista, from Medieval Latin anabapt(īzāre) “to rebaptize,” from Late Greek anabaptī́zein; see ana-, baptize + -ista -ist

Other words from Anabaptist

  • An·a·bap·tism, noun
  • An·a·bap·tis·ti·cal·ly [an-uh-bap-tis-tik-lee], /ˌæn ə bæpˈtɪs tɪk li/, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for Anabaptist

Anabaptist

/ (ˌænəˈbæptɪst) /


noun
  1. a member of any of various 16th-century Protestant movements that rejected infant baptism, insisted that adults be rebaptized, and sought to establish Christian communism

  2. a member of a later Protestant sect holding the same doctrines, esp with regard to baptism

adjective
  1. of or relating to these movements or sects or their doctrines

Origin of Anabaptist

1
C16: from Ecclesiastical Latin anabaptista, from anabaptīzāre to baptize again, from Late Greek anabaptizein; see ana-, baptize

Derived forms of Anabaptist

  • Anabaptism, noun

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