Primitive Baptist

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noun

(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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Origin of Primitive Baptist

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Words nearby Primitive Baptist

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How to use Primitive Baptist in a sentence

Scott, who died Sunday at 49, could go from evoking a Baptist preacher to quoting Public Enemy.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When we assign a primitive “not me” status to another individual or social group, it can—and does—take us down a destructive path.
Ferguson, Immigration, and ‘Us Vs. Them’|Gene Robinson|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
King says in a sermon a month later at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama.
Tavis Smiley Humanely Chronicles MLK’s Sad Last Year|Scott Porch|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We were careful with how we dealt with suspected patients and what we did with our primitive coverings, it was steamy.
The Original Ebola Hunter|Abby Haglage|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This was the young, telegenic, and popular Robby Gallaty of Brainerd Baptist (mega-)Church in Tennessee.
The Hateful Pastor All Too Happy to Be Left Behind When It Comes to Gays|Jay Michaelson|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The proceedings of the day commenced with divine service, performed by Unitarian and Baptist ministers.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Something remote and ancient stirred in her, something that was not of herself To-day, something half primitive, half barbaric.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
A writer has truthfully said in regard to associating the name and use of the plant with the primitive users of it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
In this way child's play, like primitive art, shows a certain unconscious selectiveness.
Children's Ways|James Sully
A primitive savage makes a bow and arrow in a day: it takes him a fortnight to make a bark canoe.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock