Primitive Baptist

American  

noun

1. (especially in the Southern U.S.) one belonging to a highly conservative, loosely organized Baptist group, characterized by extreme fundamentalism and by opposition to missionary work, Sunday Schools, and the use of musical instruments in church.

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Etymology

Origin of Primitive Baptist

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

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Primitive Baptist

That home was part of 10 acres developed by George Evans, Willie Mason’s great uncle and a member of Zion Primitive Baptist Church.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2021

Olive Primitive Baptist Church, one of more than 70 local pastors who had signed a letter asking the city to reconsider.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2020

The candidates shared the stage with the parents of both McGlockton and Martin at the St John Primitive Baptist Church.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2018

The shared stone of John and Lurena Oliver in Cades Cove’s Primitive Baptist Church cemetery notes they were the cove’s first permanent settlers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2017

He was of the good old Primitive Baptist stock from Caswell County, North Carolina, and had a lingering fondness for the peculiar views of that people.

From California Sketches, Second Series by Fitzgerald, O. P.