Baptist

[ bap-tist ]

/ ˈbæp tɪst /

noun

a member of a Christian denomination that baptizes believers by immersion and that is usually Calvinistic in doctrine.

(lowercase) a person who baptizes.

the Baptist. John the Baptist.

adjective

Also Bap·tis·tic. of or relating to Baptists or their doctrines or practices.

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Origin of Baptist

1150–1200; Middle English baptiste<Old French <Late Latin baptista<Greek baptistḗs, equivalent to bapt(ízein) to baptize + -istēs-ist

OTHER WORDS FROM Baptist

non-Baptist, noun, adjectivepro-Baptist, adjective, nounpseudo-Baptist, adjective, noun

Words nearby Baptist

baptism, baptismal name, baptismal regeneration, baptism for the dead, baptism of fire, Baptist, Baptista, baptistry, Baptists, baptize, bar

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Example sentences from the Web for Baptist

Scott, who died Sunday at 49, could go from evoking a Baptist preacher to quoting Public Enemy.
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Of course, for the Baptist Convention, this was a matter of theology, not rationality.
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She spends a lot of time at her Baptist church—Wednesday night Bible study and Sunday services.
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As for Deborah, there was certainly a puritanical strain in society, but she was a Baptist.
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God had placed him there, like another John the Baptist, to announce penance to the world.
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The special circumstances attending the birth and naming of the Baptist probably supplied the chief factor in its triumph.
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The Baptist is twisting round, to display the foreshortening which Pordenone particularly affects.
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Two days before the feast of St. John the Baptist, the two made a special tour through the parish for certain recruits.
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A young man, who had never paid his bill, put her into two-inch ribbon from the Baptist preacher's shop.
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British Dictionary definitions for Baptist

Baptist

/ (ˈbæptɪst) /

noun

a member of any of various Christian sects that affirm the necessity of baptism (usually of adults and by immersion) following a personal profession of the Christian faith

the Baptist See John the Baptist

adjective

denoting, relating to, or characteristic of any Christian sect that affirms the necessity of baptism following a personal profession of the Christian faith

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