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

At West Harpeth Primitive Baptist Church, another church in Franklin, giving is down but only slightly.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2022

When her research led to the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church, she recruited an older brother in the quest.

From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2020

That graveyard, and those who founded what is now St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church in 1820, weighs heavy on the young minister who now leads the congregation.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2019

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

In 1865 the Negro members of the white Primitive Baptist Churches of the South organized at Columbia, Tennessee, the Colored Primitive Baptists in America.

From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin