Baptist

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See also: baptist

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæptɪst/
  • (US, dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/

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Baptist (countable and uncountable, plural Baptists)

  1. An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.

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There is no single common term, either a single word or a phrase, for the Baptist denominations of Christianity. Terms such as Baptistdom and Baptistism see occasional use but are not accepted as standard.

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Baptist (comparative more Baptist, superlative most Baptist)

  1. Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bapˈtɪst/
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Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

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Proper noun[edit]

Baptist m (proper noun, strong, genitive Baptist or Baptistä)

  1. (Christianity, archaic) the Baptist (title of Saint John the Baptist)
    Synonym: (Johannes der TäuferJohn the Baptist) der Täufer
    Johann BaptistJohn the Baptist

Etymology 2[edit]

From English Baptist, eventually derived from the same Latin and Greek etyma as in etymology 1.

Noun[edit]

Baptist m (weak, genitive Baptisten, plural Baptisten, feminine Baptistin)

  1. (Christianity) Baptist (male or of unspecified gender) (member of a Baptist church or denomination)
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